Hugh MacDiarmid(1892~1978)
1.The preeminent Scottish poet. 2.He pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve. 3.He was at first a Scottish Nationalish and then a Socialist, he also joined the Communist Party. 4.He alone created a Scottish renaissance in 20th century. llands:“Sangschaw” and Penny Weep.
Auden’s Works 1.“Spain” 1937,masterpiece. 2.A book named “Journey to a war” 1939. 3.Two volumes: Collected Shorter Poems and Collected Longer Poems. 4.Musee Dex Beaux Arts 1940,short poem. 5.Lullaby

6.The Fall of Mussolini in 1943. 7.The suicide of Hitler in 1945.
W.H.Auden(1907~1973)
Status 1.Wystan Hugh Auden 2.The leader of “Auden Group” 3. “The Wasteland” 4.A United States citizen 5.He was better known as a critic
Hale Waihona Puke Works 1.Three volumes of the Scottish verse anthology, Northern Numbers, Being Representative Selections from Certain Living Scottish Poets(1921~1923). 2.A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle(1926). 3.Three Hymn
Writing Features 1.His poems with their simple language picturesque imagery and somewhat obscure meaning both puzzled the readers. 2.He was an original lyric poet. 3.His autobiographical work in prose His prose has no obscurity.
Dylan Thomas(1914~1953)
Characters 1.He was an emotionally passionate welshman. 2.“communist” He was quite ignorant of politics. 3.He had an aversion to the rich and a sympathy for the poor. 4.A brilliant talker. 5.His life was full of legends about his antics. 6.He was took to church but he never became religious himself.


3.In the Far East Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbour Hawaii on December 7,1941 and the United States joined the war. 4.The Anglo-American landings in Normandy in 1944. 5.The US siezed of Okinawa after a series of “island hopping”battles.
二战前后的英国诗歌
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Social and Historical Background


1.Hitlerite Germany tore up the Versailles Peace Treaty and seized its neighbouring states one by one in 1935. 2.Japanese militarists launched a large-scale Invasion of china in 1937 and Chinese people started the heroic war against Japanese Aggression which last 8 years.
Life 1.He was born in Swansea a town of Wales His father was a English teacher and his mother was a famer’s daughter. 2.He write poetry while still at school and worked as journalist. 3.Move from Wales to London for ten years,his first book was Eighteen Poems in 1934. 4.Marry Caitlin Macnamara. 5.During World War 2 was exempted from military service. 6.He worked for the BBC. 7.He made three lecture tours to USA from 1950 to 1953. 8.In November 1953,he died suddenly in New York.