Nones (Auden)
Nones is a book of
poems by W. H. Auden published in 1951 by Faber & Faber. The book contains Auden's shorter poems written between 1946 and 1950, including "In Praise of Limestone
", "Prime", "Nones," "Memorial for the City", "Precious Five", and "A Walk After Dark".
"Nones" is a contemporary setting of the
Passion
.
The book includes "Barcarolle" (
Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and his wife Ursula
.
Composer Luciano Berio named his orchestral piece Nones, originally planned as an oratorio, after Auden's poem.
References
- John Fuller, W. H. Auden: A Commentary (1999)
- Edward Mendelson, Later Auden (1999)
