Books by W. H. Auden

That is from an excellent W.H. Auden essay “Notes on Music and Opera.”

2. W.H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, Letters from Iceland .  More of a mutual travelogue, with alternating contributions, than a series of letters, one learns that even in 1936: “There is little stigma attached to illegitimacy.  Bastards are brought up on an equal footing with legitimate children of the family.”  Furthermore, “All chocolate or sweets should be bought in London.”  During the trip they run into Goering, yes the Goering.