Nicholas Jenkins
@audenfan.bsky.social
Writer, reader, watcher; prof in English Dept @ Stanford; literary executor of Lincoln Kirstein. Studies Auden’s poetry: The Island (2024) https://a.co/d/4OPODvC and https://amzn.eu/d/8BlFExq
This is, as one theorist wrote, the "desire for isolation, the knowledge that it is impossible – these are the two poles between which the needle of the British compass continues to waver." Auden's poetry continues to be alive to "this island now." 2/2 amzn.eu/d/7PW2mRq
The Island: W. H. Auden and the Last of Englishness: Amazon.co.uk: Jenkins, Nicholas: 9780571239016: Books
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May 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is, as one theorist wrote, the "desire for isolation, the knowledge that it is impossible – these are the two poles between which the needle of the British compass continues to waver." Auden's poetry continues to be alive to "this island now." 2/2 amzn.eu/d/7PW2mRq