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…showed last 75 words of 1178 total…r certain experienced modernity first hand, in the manner of actually living in the 20th century, the poetry he wrote was not from an expressive, self-reflexive stance, but from a position as a commentator and critic with a completely modern outlook. And Auden did so with enough perspective and insight to engage his audience and provoke them to thought, and, perhaps, even to action. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** 1. Hoggart, Richard, Auden : An Introductory Essay, London : Chatto & Windus, 1951.