Auden at Commonweal

A collection of the writer’s work for the magazine

February 14, 2018

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Art in Natural, Revealed, & Christian Religion: Part 1

On the esthetic and ethical

By Didymus (W.H. Auden)

November 27, 1942

Article

Art in Natural, Revealed, & Christian Religion: Part 2

Art cannot make a man want to become good, but it can prevent him from imagining that he already is

By Didymus (W.H. Auden)

February 14, 2018

Article

Art in Natural, Revealed, & Christian Religion: Part 3

The difference between pre-Christian art and all art produced within Christendom, whether religious or secular, is more radical than is generally realized

By Didymus (W.H. Auden)

November 13, 1942

Article

As Hateful Ares Bids

The trouble with "War and the Poet" is that its editors have tried to satisfy too many and contradictory demands at once

January 18, 1968

Article

Metropolis

December 20, 1946

From the Archives

Secularism and Modernity

Article

"I am glad those points in the sky / May also be reckoned among / The creatures of middle-age."

A Walk After Dark and Mundus et Infans | Two Poems

March 11, 1949

Article

The Sin in the Mirror

We are judged, not by the kind of mirror found on us, but by the use we make of it

By Didymus (W.H. Auden)

November 6, 1942

Article

The Fabian Figaro

A writer is great in the degree to which he transcends both simple acceptance and simple revolt. Bernard Shaw is a great writer

October 23, 1942

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