A Certain World
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A Certain World: A Commonplace Book, by W. H. Auden
, is a book containing quotations selected by Auden with his commentary, arranged in an alphabetical sequence of topics from "Accedie" to "Writing". It was published in 1970.
Auden described the book as the closest he would ever come to writing an autobiography; it was, he wrote, "a map of my planet."
W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also...
, is a book containing quotations selected by Auden with his commentary, arranged in an alphabetical sequence of topics from "Accedie" to "Writing". It was published in 1970.
Auden described the book as the closest he would ever come to writing an autobiography; it was, he wrote, "a map of my planet."