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A. E. Housman: A Single Life
Martin Blocksidge
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL; DS; DSBB. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
A.E. Housman's poetry (especially A Shropshire Lad) remains well-known, widely read and often quoted. However, Housman did not view himself as a professional poet, always making quite clear that his proper job' was as a Professor of Latin. Housman's fame as a poet has often obscured the fact that he was the leading British classical scholar of his generation, and a Cambridge Professor. It has also sometimes been suggested that Housman's two areas of activity are the sign of a flawed or divided' personality. A.E. Housman: A Single Life argues that there is no fundamental tension between Housman the poet ... Read more
A.E. Housman's poetry (especially A Shropshire Lad) remains well-known, widely read and often quoted. However, Housman did not view himself as a professional poet, always making quite clear that his proper job' was as a Professor of Latin. Housman's fame as a poet has often obscured the fact that he was the leading British classical scholar of his generation, and a Cambridge Professor. It has also sometimes been suggested that Housman's two areas of activity are the sign of a flawed or divided' personality. A.E. Housman: A Single Life argues that there is no fundamental tension between Housman the poet ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
580g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845197612
SKU
V9781845197612
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Ref
99-50
About Martin Blocksidge
freelance author and biographer. His most recent work, The Banker Poet: The Rise and Fall of Samuel Rogers, 17631855, followed A Life Lived Quickly: Arthur Hallam and his Legend, described in the Times Literary Supplement as scrupulously fair-minded . . . balanced and believable. Martin Blocksidge was Head of English at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Director of Studies ... Read more
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