In "Winnie", was Auden with "friends" or in a "brothel"?
Where did you find the quote?
I'm curious.
Andrew.
Winnie.
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Andrew McGeever
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Re: Winnie.
Damellon,
In "Winnie", was Auden with "friends" or in a "brothel"?
Where did you find the quote?
I'm curious.
Andrew.
In "Winnie", was Auden with "friends" or in a "brothel"?
Where did you find the quote?
I'm curious.
Andrew.
Re: Winnie.
Andrew - 'Fraid I can't answer your first question but it sounds like he'd have been happy with either. The quote comes from "31 December, 1947," The Table Talk of W.H. Auden, compiled by Alan Ansen, ed. Nicholas Jenkins published in New York, by Sea Cliff Press around 1989/1990. Have I wrongly attributed?
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
from Wild Geese
Mary Oliver
love what it loves.
from Wild Geese
Mary Oliver
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Andrew McGeever
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Re: Winnie.
Dear Damellon,
I agree: he would be happy in either
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I don't have "31 December, 1947" in my Auden stuff (at least, what I've trawlled through so far!).
All of which serves to say I need to read more of the great man.
Best wishes for 2008,
Andrew.
I agree: he would be happy in either
.I don't have "31 December, 1947" in my Auden stuff (at least, what I've trawlled through so far!).
All of which serves to say I need to read more of the great man.
Best wishes for 2008,
Andrew.