The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
Author(s): A. E. Housman
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, University of Kent at Canterbury. Housman's melodic and memorable poems have been popular for over a century. He writes typically of lost love, of the brevity of happiness, of young soldiers doomed to die. Admirers have found his work elegant and resonant; detractors have thought much of it mannered and glib. But Housman speaks with two voices: the smooth texts conceal a dark sub-text. This tormented and secretive man wrote poems alive with indirect self-disclosure.
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- : Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- : Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- : 0.125
- : 01 May 1994
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 192
- : 821.912
- : New edition
- : Paperback
- : A. E. Housman