Letters from Iceland

Letters from Iceland

"Letters from Iceland" is a travel book in prose and verse by W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, published in 1937.

The book is made up of a series of letters and travel notes by Auden and MacNeice written during their trip to Iceland in 1936.

Auden's contributions include the poem "Journey to Iceland"; a prose section "For Tourists"; a five-part verse "Letter to Lord Byron"; a selection of writings on Iceland by other authors, "Sheaves from Sagaland"; a prose letter to "E. M. Auden" (E.M. was Erika Mann), which included his poems "Detective Story" and "O who can ever praise enough"; a prose letter to Kristian Andreirsson, Esq.; a free-verse letter to William Coldstream, and, in collaboration with MacNeice, "W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice: Their Last Will and Testament" (in verse).

MacNeice's contributions include a verse letter to Graham and Anne Shepard; the satiric prose "Hetty to Nancy" (unsigned); a verse "Epilogue"; and MacNeice's contributions to "W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice: Their Last Will and Testament".

Auden revised his sections of the book for a new edition published in 1966.

The book is mentioned multiple times throughout the 2007 Oscar-nominated film, Away from Her, in which several passages are read aloud during the film.

Editions

* Date Published: 1937 Description: Hardback. 1st. Ed. 8.7" x 5.7". 268 pp. Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
* Date Published: 1973 ISBN-13: 9780571081554 ISBN: 057108155X
* Date Published: 1985 ISBN-13: 9780571132973 ISBN: 0571132979
* Date Published: 2002 ISBN-13: 9780571132973 ISBN: 0571132979 Binding: Paperback Publisher: Faber and Faber

References

* W. H. Auden, "Prose and Travel Books in Prose and Verse, 1927-1938", ed. Edward Mendelson (1997)
* John Fuller, "W. H. Auden: A Commentary" (1999).
* Edward Mendelson, "Early Auden" (1981).

External links

* [http://audensociety.org The W. H. Auden Society]


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