W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"

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W. H. Auden’s "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue" is a long, introspective poem that explores modern existential disquiet and spiritual crisis through the conversations of four strangers in a New York bar during World War II.

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instanceOf eclogue ⓘ
long poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author W. H. Auden ⓘ
Wystan Hugh Auden ⓘ
linked to: W. H. Auden
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
awardYear 1948 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Emble ⓘ
Malin ⓘ
Quant ⓘ
Rosetta ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1947 ⓘ
firstPublishedAs book-length poem ⓘ
form baroque eclogue ⓘ
eclogue ⓘ
genre modernist poetry ⓘ
philosophical poem ⓘ
psychological poem ⓘ
influenced Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ
influenceOn 20th-century literature ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Christian existentialism ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
narrativeDevice conversation among strangers ⓘ
notableFor complex verse forms ⓘ
philosophical depth ⓘ
numberOfMainCharacters 4 ⓘ
partOfAuthorPeriod Auden’s later work ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
setting a wartime New York bar ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
a bar in New York City ⓘ
structure divided into parts or sections ⓘ
subjectMatter inner lives of four strangers ⓘ
post-religious world ⓘ
psychological introspection ⓘ
theme alienation in modern society ⓘ
effects of war on the psyche ⓘ
modern existential disquiet ⓘ
modernity and fragmentation ⓘ
religious doubt ⓘ
search for identity ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting World War II ⓘ
titleAlludesTo widespread anxiety in the modern age ⓘ
writtenDuring World War II ⓘ

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The Seven Ages → basedOn → W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue" ⓘ
The Seven Stages → basedOn → W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue" ⓘ
The Masque → relatedWork → W. H. Auden's poem "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ
linked to: W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"
The Dirge → basedOn → poem "The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden ⓘ
linked to: W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"
Bernstein Symphony No. 2 → inspiredBy → W. H. Auden’s poem The Age of Anxiety ⓘ
linked to: W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"