Auden's Games of Knowledge: Poetry and the Meanings of Homosexuality

Richard R. Bozorth

"Bozorth’s splendid study of Auden’s position as a poet of "erotic autobiography" is the first serious attempt to place Auden’s homosexuality at the core of his poetic output. For the most part avoiding the self-involved rhetoric of queer studies, Bozorth offers a convincing demonstration that . . . Auden’s poetry is a dialogue in which same-sex desire is the means by which the poet explores both who he is and what he values in a world of uncertain relations." — Choice

Related Subjects

• European and British Literature
• Gay and Lesbian Studies

Series

• Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies

About the Author

Richard R. Bozorth is assistant professor of English at Southern Methodist University.

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