{"product_id":"9789819575015","title":"Ethical Consciousness in W. H. Auden's Poetry (1935—1940) Theme and Style","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEthical Consciousness in W. H. Auden's Poetry (1935—1940)\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTheme and Style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYi Tang\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThis book takes a thematic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e-cum-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003estylistic approach to Auden’s earlier poetry and poetics. By dividing the poet’s ethical consciousness into three thematic groups (cognition, emotion and conation), it demonstrates how readers can construct poetic themes by experiencing texts within their social and historical contexts. This allows a congruence of consciousness to be achieved between poet and reader. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e reveals the wide-ranging ethical concerns of Auden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003es \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003epoetry (1935—1940)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e, which include addressing the social and moral crisis of the West, denouncing the evil of international fascism and the injustice of appeasing it, expressing sympathy for those who suffer, urging joint action against fascism, promoting mutual love, and envisioning a community of freedom and brotherhood. When examining Auden’s poetry, the author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eemploys\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e traditional and cognitive stylistic tools to focus on how verbal nuances and patterns work together to evoke \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003ereader’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eperception, feeling and cognition, thereby conveying poetic meaning. While offering new insights into Auden’s poetry and poetics, the study sheds light on the merits of what Geoffrey Leech calls an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003einterpretive synthesis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e of stylistics and literary studies. Covering a wide range of Auden’s canonical poems, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eSpain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eIn Memory of W. B. Yeats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eRefugee Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eSeptember 1, 1939\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eMusée des Beaux Arts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eEpitaph on a Tyrant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eNew Year Letter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e, this book will appeal to students and scholars interested in modern Anglophone poetry, literary criticism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e and cognitive stylistics \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e(or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003epoetics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eYi Tang is Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at the School of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Minzu University. Since 2020, he has served as deputy secretary to the council of the Committee for Poetry Studies, China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese. His research and teaching focus on modern poetry in English, English stylistics, and literary theory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 June 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGuangxi Minzu University\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819575015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e168\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Guangxi Minzu University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45938033721484,"sku":"9789819575015","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819575015.jpg?v=1780604155","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819575015","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}