A.E. Housman: Hero of the Hidden Life

by Edgar Vincent

A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was an English classical scholar and poet who had an enormous influence on many British poets and musicians.

A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was both a celebrated poet and the foremost classicist of his day. His poetry was set to music by numerous composers including Arthur Somervell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Ivor Gurney, John Ireland and Samuel Barber. Housman's painstaking vocation, to restore classical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783272414
• ISBN13: 9781783272419
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"