[Auden, W.H. Ansen, Alan. The Table Talk of W.H. Auden. Edited by Nicholas Jenkins with an Introduction by Richard Howard. New York: Sea Cliff Press, 1989
Parchment wrappers with printed paper spine label., [xvi], [123] pp. , Title-page vignette and decorative endpapers by Dean Bornstein.
Bottom corner of front cover lightly bent. Still, quite a fine copy. Prospectus laid in., Ansen was AudenÕs student at the New School between November, 1946 and May, 1947, and then served as the poetÕs secretary and amanuensis. He kept a record of his conversations with Auden. ÒIn the tradition of Hester ThraleÕs Johnsoniana, or EckermannÕs Geothe, these conversationsÑthough they are really monologuesÑrecord the private, extemporaneous and often outrageous musings of one of the great poets of our centuryÓ (prospectus).
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