{"product_id":"the-shield-of-achilles-hardcover","title":"The Shield of Achilles - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. H. Auden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlan Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack in print for the first time in decades, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuden's National Book Award-winning poetry collection, in a critical edition that introduces it to a new generation of readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shield of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award in 1956, may well be W. H. Auden's most important, intricately designed, and unified book of poetry. In addition to its famous title poem, which reimagines Achilles's shield for the modern age, when war and heroism have changed beyond recognition, the book also includes two sequences--\"Bucolics\" and \"Horae Canonicae\"--that Auden believed to be among his most significant work. Featuring an authoritative text and an introduction and notes by Alan Jacobs, this volume brings Auden's collection back into print for the first time in decades and offers the only critical edition of the work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jacobs writes in the introduction, Auden's collection \"is the boldest and most intellectually assured work of his career, an achievement that has not been sufficiently acknowledged.\" Describing the book's formal qualities and careful structure, Jacobs shows why \u003ci\u003eThe Shield of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e should be seen as one of Auden's most central poetic statements--a richly imaginative, beautifully envisioned account of what it means to live, as human beings do, simultaneously in nature and in history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors Program at Baylor University. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of two other books by Auden, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio\u003c\/i\u003e (both Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.29 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703888638259,"sku":"9780691218656","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/U8Gsd3f1EW9780691218656.webp?v=1763344596","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-shield-of-achilles-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}