Journey to a War
1939 book by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood
(publ. Random House)
Journey to a War is a travel book in prose and verse by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, published in 1939.
The book is in three parts: a series of poems by Auden describing his and Isherwood's journey to China in 1938 ; a "Travel-Diary" by Isherwood (including material first drafted by Auden) about their travels in China itself, and their observations of the Sino-Japanese War; and "In Time of War: A Sonnet Sequence with a Verse Commentary" by Auden, with reflections on the contemporary world and their experiences in China. The book also contains a selection of photographs by Auden.
Auden revised many of the poems in this book for his later collections; "In Time of War" was renamed "Sonnets from China" (with many original sonnets discarded) and the verse commentary was dropped entirely.
References
- W. H. Auden, Prose and Travel Books in Prose and Verse, 1927-1938, ed. Edward Mendelson (1997)
- John Fuller, W. H. Auden: A Commentary (1999).
- Edward Mendelson, Early Auden (1981).
External links
- The W. H. Auden Society
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Christopher Isherwood
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- Mr Norris Changes Trains (1935)
- Goodbye to Berlin (1939)
- Prater Violet (1945)
- The Berlin Stories (1945)
- The World in the Evening (1954)
- Down There on a Visit (1962)
- A Single Man (1964)
- A Meeting by the River (1967)
- Jacob's Hands: A Fable (1997)
- Journey to a War (1939)
- Christopher and His Kind (1976)
- The Dog Beneath the Skin (1935)
- The Ascent of F6 (1937)
- On the Frontier (1938)
- Little Friend (1934)
- Rage in Heaven (1941)
- Forever and a Day (1943)
- Adventure in Baltimore (1949; story)
- The Great Sinner (1949)
- Diane (1956)
- The Loved One (1965)
- The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
- I Am a Camera (1951 play)
- I Am a Camera (1955 film)
- Cabaret (1966 musical)
- Cabaret (1972 film)
- A Single Man (2009)
- Christopher and His Kind (2011)
