A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems

by A.E. Housman

Book Overview

Alfred Edward Housman was an English poet and classical scholar whose work became a major force in turn of the century English poetry. Unlike his contemporaries, Housman's poetry does not qualify as Romantic, Victorian, or Modernist, and is not overly sentimental or optimistic; instead, his deeply pessimistic and ironic poetry, written clearly and succinctly, earned Housman recognition as one of the foremost classicists of his time. His best-known...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420966537
• ISBN13: 9781420966534
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Digireads.com
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"