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Letters from Iceland is a travel book in prose and verse by W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice , published in 1937 .. W. H. Auden. W. H. Auden. Louis MacNeice. Louis MacNeice. Iceland. Iceland. The book is made up of a series of letters and travel notes by Auden and MacNeice written during their trip to Iceland in 1936 compiling light-hearted private jokes and irreverent comments about their surrounding world .. Iceland. Iceland. Auden 's contributions include the poem `` Journey to Iceland '' ; a prose section `` For Tourists '' ; a five-part verse `` Letter to Lord Byron '' ; a selection of writings on Iceland by other authors , `` Sheaves from Sagaland '' ; a prose letter to `` E. M. Auden '' -LRB- E.M. was Erika Mann -RRB- , which included his poems `` Detective Story '' and `` O who can ever praise enough '' ; a prose letter to Kristian Andreirsson , Esq. ; a free-verse letter to William Coldstream , and , in collaboration with MacNeice , `` W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice  : Their Last Will and Testament '' -LRB- in verse -RRB- .. W. H. Auden. W. H. Auden. Louis MacNeice. Louis MacNeice. Iceland. Iceland. Erika Mann. Erika Mann. William Coldstream. William Coldstream. verse letter. Epistolary poem. MacNeice 's contributions include a verse letter to Graham and Anne Shepard ; the satiric prose `` Hetty to Nancy '' -LRB- unsigned -RRB- ; a verse Epilogue ; and MacNeice 's contributions to `` W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice  : Their Last Will and Testament '' .. W. H. Auden. W. H. Auden. Louis MacNeice. Louis MacNeice. verse letter. Epistolary poem. Graham. Graham Shepard. Epilogue. Epilogue For W. H. Auden. Auden revised his sections of the book for a new edition published in 1966 .. The book is mentioned multiple times throughout the 2007 Oscar-nominated film , Away from Her , in which several passages are read aloud during the film .. Oscar. Academy Award. Away from Her. Away from Her. Letters from Iceland is categorised under the `` Inter-war pastorals '' style of writing , where poets are attached to an imaginary countryside from where they contemplate people , literature and politics .. Iceland. Iceland. The book is considered as a thirties classics .