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| '''Edward Mendelson''' is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at ]. He is the ] of the Estate of ] and the author or editor of several books about Auden's work, including ''Early Auden'' (1981) and ''Later Auden'' (1999) |
'''Edward Mendelson''' is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at ]. He is the ] of the Estate of ] and the author or editor of several books about Auden's work, including ''Early Auden'' (1981) and ''Later Auden'' (1999). He is also the author of a book about nineteenth- and twentieth-century novels, ''The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life'' (2006). | ||
| Among the volumes by W. H. Auden that he has edited are Auden's ''Collected Poems'' (1976; 2nd edn. 1990), ''The English Auden'' (1977), ''Selected Poems'' (1979, 2nd edn., 2007), ''As I Walked Out One Evening'' (selected light verse, 1995), and the continuing ''Complete Works of W. H. Auden'' (1986- ). He also co-edited (with Michael Seidel) ''Homer to Brecht; The European Epic and Dramatic Traditions'' (1977). He has edited books by or about the works of ], ], ], ], ], and ]. He is a contributing editor of '']''. | |||
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Edward Mendelson is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden and the author or editor of several books about Auden's work, including Early Auden (1981) and Later Auden (1999). He is also the author of a book about nineteenth- and twentieth-century novels, The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life (2006).
Among the volumes by W. H. Auden that he has edited are Auden's Collected Poems (1976; 2nd edn. 1990), The English Auden (1977), Selected Poems (1979, 2nd edn., 2007), As I Walked Out One Evening (selected light verse, 1995), and the continuing Complete Works of W. H. Auden (1986- ). He also co-edited (with Michael Seidel) Homer to Brecht; The European Epic and Dramatic Traditions (1977). He has edited books by or about the works of Thomas Pynchon, Thomas Hardy, George Meredith, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells, and Anthony Trollope. He is a contributing editor of PC Magazine.