Interview with Baroness Shirley Williams, talking about WH Auden. Discusses his socialist politics and religious belief, being gifted Auden's work by her parents, Auden moving the USA, volunteering for the Spanish International Brigades, the British literary establishment, Chester Kallman, Evelyn Waugh, poems 'Spain 1937', 'The Age of Faith', 'September 1 1939', 'Homage to Cleo', 'Friday's Child'; conversion to High Anglicism, impact of world wars, Oxford, his appearance and personality.
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Title: Interview with Baroness Shirley Williams, talking about WH Auden. Discusses his socialist politics and religious belief, being gifted Auden's work by her parents, Auden moving the USA, volunteering for the Spanish International Brigades, the British literary establishment, Chester Kallman, Evelyn Waugh, poems 'Spain 1937', 'The Age of Faith', 'September 1 1939', 'Homage to Cleo', 'Friday's Child'; conversion to High Anglicism, impact of world wars, Oxford, his appearance and personality.
Classmark: MS 1959/30/2/6
Date(s): 2007
Format: DigiBeta; Standard DigiBeta
Content status and type: Production Material: Rushes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/648725
Collection group(s): South Bank Show Production Archive
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