一在牛津读本科的时候,奥登纵观当时的文坛并认定它提供着一个空的舞台。斯蒂芬·史本德告诉我们,奥顿带着那种“预想他很快就会占据中心位置的神情”说道:“显然,他们在期待某个人的出现。”无论如何,奥登的梦想是去做中心而不是惟一的人物。克里斯托弗·依修伍德将成为小说家。罗伯特·迈德雷将成为画家。西塞尔·戴·刘易斯、路易斯·麦克尼斯和史本德则以诗见长。史本德曾对奥登说他怀疑自己是否 As soon as he was a college undergraduate in Oxford, Auden looked at the literary world at the time and decided it provided an empty stage. Stephen Swindon tells us that Orton, with the kind of “anticipation that he will soon take center stage,” said: “Clearly they are looking forward to someone.” Anyway, Oden’s dream Is to do the center rather than the only person. Christopher Byrd will be novelist. Robert Medrell will become an artist. Sisteil · Lewis, Louis · McKinnis and Schubert are versed in poetry. Spencer once told Oden he doubted whether he was