The Complete Works of W. H. Auden
Libretti and Other
Dramatic Writings,
1939-1973
w.
H. Auden and
Chester Kallman
Edited by Edward Mende/son
Vladimir Nabokov
The Russian Years
Brian Boyd
"... a definitive life of the man and a
superbly documented chronicle of his
time."--sergei Davydov,
The New York Times Book Review
"To the short list of outstanding
literary biographies in our time there must
now
be added another remarkable achieve–
ment. . .."-+iilton Kramer,
The Wall Street Journal
Now in paper: $15.95 ISBN 0-691-02470-7
W. H. Auden considered
opera the one art in which the
grand manner survived the ironic
levelings of modemity. He began
writing libretti soon after he
arrived in America in 1939.
Printed here for the first
time is the full text of
Paul
Bunyan,
Auden's first libretto,
which he wrote for music by
Benjamin Britten. Also included
are Auden and Chester
Kallman's
The Rake's Progress,
written for Igor Stravinsky, and
Delia,
written for Stravinsky but
never set to music.
Among many other
treasures are the unpublished
versions of
The Dutchess of
Malfi
that Auden prepared with
Bertolt Brecht, and his song
lyrics written for
Man of La
Mancha
before the producer
decided to use a different lyricist.
Cloth: $49.50 ISBN 0-691-03301-3
Vladimir Nabokov
The American Years
Brian Boyd
"Nabokov has found at last a
biographer worthy of him."
-Walter Kendrick,
The New York Times Book Review
"A munificently detailed biography...
[Boyd has] put all readers of Nabokov in
his debt."-David Lodge,
The Los Angeles Times Book Review
Now in paper: $16.95 ISBN 0-691-02471-5
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