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In his poem "Return from the West," W.H. Auden wrote about the effect of his experience of living overseas on him as a writer of poetry. In the poem, he describes a "benumbing lethargy, imprudent hostility, and arrogant superiority" he first encountered upon returning to England from a stay in France. He had left on the outward journey on a high note, but upon his return he found himself on a low one.
Source: Memoir Of Hungary, 19441948
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