| A. E. Housman: A Critical Biography 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Page, Norman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333656016 ISBN-13: 9780333656013 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821 |
| Series: Critical Biography |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.68 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was a poet of enormous popularity and widespread influence: a Latin scholar of the front rank, a superb prose stylist, a notable writer of comic verse and, thanks to the enormous success of A Shropshire Lad, one of the greatest and best-known poems in the English language, he became a legend in his own lifetime. Reissued to mark the centenary of the publication of A Shropshire Lad, Norman Page's highly-acclaimed biography is regarded as the most complete account of Housman's life and career available. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including much unpublished material, Norman Page provides us with a fascinating insight into Housman the poet, the scholar and the man. By far the best biography of Housman we have ...' - Andrew Motion, Times Literary Supplement |