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Article Art in Natural, Revealed, & Christian Religion: Part 1 On the esthetic and ethicalBy Didymus (W.H. Auden)November 27, 1942 Ethics Arts
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 isBy Didymus (W.H. Auden)February 14, 2018 Poetry Ethics
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 realizedBy Didymus (W.H. Auden)November 13, 1942 Ethics
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 onceBy W.H. AudenJanuary 18, 1968 Poetry War and Peace
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 By W.H. AudenMarch 11, 1949 Poetry
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 itBy 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 writerBy W.H. AudenOctober 23, 1942 Books
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