Academic Graffiti
1971 book of clerihews by W. H. Auden
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Academic Graffiti is a book of clerihews by W. H. Auden, with illustrations by Filippo Sanjust. It was published in 1971.
AuthorW.H. Auden
Publication date
1971First UK edition (publ. Faber & Faber) | |
| Author | W.H. Auden |
|---|---|
Publication date | 1971 |
Auden began writing in 1950 the short comic poems on literary and historical figures that he would later collect in Academic Graffiti. A selection of these clerihews appeared in his 1960 book Homage to Clio, and the complete collection appeared in this 1971 volume.
References
- John Fuller, W. H. Auden: A Commentary (1999)
- Edward Mendelson, Later Auden (1999)
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