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Why W.H. Auden Hated His Most Famous Political Poems
EROS AND DUST
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
The great poet chronicled the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism but he later renounced his most radical and ardent political work.
Michael Weiss
Contributing Editor
Published
Feb. 18 2019
12:20AM EST
Michael Weiss
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