Collected Works of Auden: Travels in the Battlefield

About This Novel

Auden, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, and his best friend Isaac Wood recorded the classic journey to China in 1938. It has extremely high historical and literary value. Ma Mingqian's translation has rich annotations and detailed textual research. Auden's complexity is not only reflected in the several changes in his ideological trajectory, but also in the richness and variety of his life experiences. His frequent travel experiences shaped his contradictory character and profoundly changed his understanding of many issues. His trip to China in 1938 was an indispensable part of it. This time, traveling with him was his close friend and companion, the British writer Isaac Wood. The two have previously co-created three poetic dramas, and now they have traveled to China for their fourth book, traveling to Hong Kong, Guangdong, Hankou, Shanghai, the Yellow River Basin War Zone, etc., And have interviewed many important historical figures, leaving behind many precious first-hand information. This book is "Battlefield Travels" published in 1939, a battlefield diary integrating poetry, prose, and photos. It was the eve of the outbreak of the European War. The book was very popular for its detailed information, humorous writing style and firm anti-fascist stance. It had extremely high historical and literary value. Among them, the twenty-seven sonnets written by Auden were praised as "the most profound and innovative chapters in Auden's poetry of the 1930s, and can also be said to be one of the greatest English poems of this decade."

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