SOURCE: "The Voice of Exile: Auden in 1940," in Sewanee Review, Vol. 90, No. 1, Winter, 1982, pp. 31-52.
In the following essay, Hynes discusses Auden's emigration to the United States, his preoccupation with history and art, and "New Year Letter" as a reflection of Auden's historical sensibility.
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