Written in the midst of World War II after its author emigrated to America, ``The Sea and the Mirror`` is not merely a great poem but ranks as one of the most profound interpretations of Shakespeare\'s final play in the twentieth century.
Arthur Kirsch\'s introduction and notes make.
Auden told friends, it is ``really about the Christian conception of art`` and it is ``my Ars Poetica, in the same way I believe The Tempest to be Shakespeare\'s.`` This is the first critical edition.
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Written in the midst of World War II after its author emigrated to America, ``The Sea and the Mirror`` is not merely a great poem but ranks as one of the most profound interpretations of Shakespeare\'s final play in the twentieth century
