AUDEN’S CONCEPT OF LOVE

Authors

  • Shaleen Kumar Singh Assistant Professor, Department of English, Swami Shukdevanand College, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56062/

Keywords:

Eros, Agape, Freudianism, Marxism, Christian existentialism, spiritual, impersonal.

Abstract

The term love appears in almost every poem of W. H. Auden; however, it should not be understood as an intense personal emotion that unites a lover with his or her beloved. Unlike his predecessors, Auden conceives love as something impersonal and detached. His conception of love evolves gradually through three major phases: love as Eros under Freudianism, love as social bonding under Marxism, and love as Agape under Christian existentialism. Beginning with Eros (sexual love), moving through Marxist collectivism, and culminating in Agape (divine love), Auden presents love as a multifaceted and evolving principle. He redefines love not as mere romantic sentiment but as a profound ethical and spiritual force.

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References

Shrivastava, Narsingh. W. H. Auden as a Poet of Ideas. New Delhi: S. Chand & Co., 2000.

Davison, Dennis. W. H. Auden. London: Evans Brothers, 1970.

Sen, S. (ed.). Selected Poems of W. H. Auden. New Delhi: S. Chand & Co., 2002.

Hoggart, Richard. W. H. Auden: An Introductory Essay. London: Chatto & Windus, 1964.

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Published

2011-08-25

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2011): Creative Saplings

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How to Cite

Shaleen Kumar Singh. “AUDEN’S CONCEPT OF LOVE”. Creative Saplings, vol. 4, no. 1, Aug. 2011, pp. 1-5, https://doi.org/10.56062/.

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