Videos
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Auden is called a "splendid bugger" in this classic romantic comedy.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
A video created by the government featuring a musical setting for Auden’s poem "The Night Mail." The music is by the composer Benjamin Britain, one of the heavyweights of the last century.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Books have trailers? Apparently this one does. It’s about Auden’s relationship to England.
Audios
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Auden reading some of his poems in 1970.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
A performance of Auden’s "Refugee Blues."
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Auden reads two other poems: "Under Which Lyre" and "Law Like Love"
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Excerpts from interviews with Auden conducted by the British Broadcasting Company.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
An Auden poem called "On the Circuit," read by the author. You can hear the audience laughing at his dry, British humor.
Images
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
The Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Means "Unknown Soldier" in French. This tomb is located beneath the famous Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
A black-and-white photo of the poet as a young-ish man.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Every "Modern Man" needs one!
Books
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
One of the most recent books about Auden, The Island was published in 2008.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Auden wrote a lot of poetry. 976 pages worth.
Websites
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
There’s an entire society devoted to Auden, so we’re not surprised that this is, bar none, the best website about him. Don’t miss it.
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
The Auden page on the website poets.org.