You might also like

More about A. E. Housman: Selected Prose

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 136 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Lovers of Housman's poetry and admirers of his scholarship have long been aware, from the Introductory Lecture of 1892 and The Name and Nature of Poetry, 1933, that he was also master of a highly individual prose style; and others besides classical students have relished the pungency of the famous preface to his edition of Manilius. Here, in addition to these, is a selection of Housman's writings, both scholarly and general, gathered from periodicals and other out-of-the-way sources, which decisively confirms his reputation as a prose stylist. The prefaces, the adversaria and the reviews, in particular, give the layman an idea of the precision and the penetration of exact scholarship. Housman's comments and judgements on other men illuminate his own nature: withdrawn, austere, even crusty, yet gentle with the unassuming; ruthless in exposure of arrogance and pretension.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: A. E. Housman: Selected Prose
• Author: A. E. Housman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222
• EAN: 9780521091404
• ISBN: 0521091403
• ID: 04618416
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 250 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 128 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. January 2011

Trending among others

---

---

---