by W. H. Auden · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571174447
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«Tell Me the Truth About Love» is a poetry collection by W. H. Auden, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (32 pages, in English).
It brings together ten poems and cabaret songs composed by Auden in the 1930s, with love as the connecting thread. It includes «Funeral Blues», known for its recital in «Four Weddings and a Funeral», along with «Lullaby» and «Calypso», where the poetic voice moves between grief, irony and devotion.
The poems date from 1932 to 1948 and this 1994 edition was published following the success of «Four Weddings and a Funeral».
For readers seeking a brief first introduction to Auden's poetry and his vision of love.
Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety; and on religious themes, such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".
