This is the first book-length study foregrounding Auden's sense of place as a means for enhancing our grasp of this crucial twentieth-century poet.

Ladislav Vít studied at Charles University, Prague, and now works at the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic. His research interests lie with British interwar writing, literary topography and the poetics of place. His major focus is on W. H. Auden's spatial responsiveness from the perspective of cultural and humanistic geography. His publications include 'Landscape as a Benchmark: Poetics of Place as a Critical Tool in W. H. Auden's Prose' (2018), 'Poetry and Place in Auden's Letters from Iceland' (2016) and 'Feet on the Ground: Landscape in Auden's Late Poetry' (2014). He is the co-founder and executive editor of the scholarly journal American and British Studies Annual, published since 2008.

Introduction

1 The Map of Auden's Mythical Geography

2 My 'Great Good Place' in the Pennines

3 'My Tutrix': England in Auden's Poetry

4 My Dream Exile on an Island with a Halo

5 Roots, Routes and Landscapes