A. E. Housman: Selected Prose

by A.E. Housman and Housman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521091403
• ISBN13: 9780521091404
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"