As I walked out one evening: songs, ballads, lullabies, limericks and other light verse (Record no. 1429)
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| fixed length control field | 01490cam a2200181ua 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0571178987 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 811.52 |
| Item number | AUD/A |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Auden, W.H. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | As I walked out one evening: songs, ballads, lullabies, limericks and other light verse |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Year of publication | 1995 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii,153p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Selected by Edward Mendelson |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | . H. Auden once defined light verse as the kind that is written by poets who are democratically in tune with their audience and whose language is straightforward and close to general speech. Given that definition, the 123 poems in this collection all qualify; they are as accessible as popular songs yet have the wisdom and profundity of the greatest poetry.<br/><br/>As I Walked Out One Evening contains some of Auden's most memorable verse: "Now Through the Night's Caressing Grip," "Lullaby: Lay your Sleeping Head, My Love," "Under Which Lyre," and "Funeral Blues." Alongside them are less familiar poems, including seventeen that have never before appeared in book form. Here, among toasts, ballads, limericks, and even a foxtrot, are "Song: The Chimney Sweepers," a jaunty evocation of love, and the hilarious satire "Letter to Lord Byron." By turns lyrical, tender, sardonic, courtly, and risqué, As I Walked Out One Evening is Auden at his most irresistible and affecting. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English literture- Poetry |
| 650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English Poetry |
| 650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Humorous poetry, English |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Damaged status | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 23/05/2014 | 382.70 | 811.52 AUD/A | 04545 | BK |