A. E. Housman (1859–1936)
Autore di A Shropshire Lad
Sull'Autore
A. E. Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859. In 1877, he attended St. John's College, Oxford and received first class honours in classical moderations. He worked as clerk in the Patent Office in London for ten years. During this time he studied Greek and Roman mostra altro classics intensively, and in 1892 was appointed professor of Latin at University College, London. In 1911 he became professor of Latin at Trinity College, Cambridge, a post he held until his death. He only published two volumes of poetry during his lifetime: A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems. He died on April 30, 1936. A third volume, More Poems, was released posthumously in 1936 by his brother as was an edition of Housman's Complete Poems in 1939. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di A. E. Housman
L'applicazione del pensiero alla critica del testo. Con estratti inediti dal Notebook X e uno scritto di Gian Biagio… (2022) 2 copie
Loveliest of Trees 2 copie
Alfred Edward Housman 2 copie
A morning with the royal family 2 copie
When I Was One-and-Twenty 2 copie
Soldier, I wish you well : the military poems of A.E. Housman and the letters from Burma of G.H. Housman (2001) 1 copia
Fragment of a Greek tragedy 1 copia
Selected Poems A. E. Housman 1 copia
R. L. S.: An Uncollected Poem. 1 copia
Tales of the Gold Rush 1 copia
Bredon Hill {poem} 1 copia
Digte 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Collaboratore — 1,042 copie
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 915 copie
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Collaboratore — 249 copie
La guerra civile, o Farsaglia: testo latino a fronte (1887) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 227 copie
Manilius: Astronomica (Loeb Classical Library No. 469) (English and Latin Edition) (1977) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 136 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 3: Intelligent Family Living (1967) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 4: The World Around Us (1968) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
My brother, A.E. Housman : personal recollections together with thirty hitherto unpublished poems (1937) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Ode to Boy: Vol. 2: An Anthology of Same-Sex Attraction in Literature from the 19th Century Through the First World War (2014) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Housman, A. E.
- Nome legale
- Housman, Alfred Edward
- Data di nascita
- 1859-03-26
- Data di morte
- 1936-04-30
- Luogo di sepoltura
- St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, Shropshire, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Fockbury, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Cambridge, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Bromsgrove, Hereford and Worcester, England, UK
Oxford, England, UK
London, England, UK
Cambridge, England, UK - Istruzione
- St. John's College, Oxford (BA|1892)
- Attività lavorative
- poet
classical scholar
university professor - Relazioni
- Housman, Clemence (sister)
Symons, Katherine Elizabeth (sister)
Housman, Laurence (brother) - Organizzazioni
- University College London
Trinity College, Cambridge University - Breve biografia
- English classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
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- Opere correlate
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 29
- ISBN
- 147
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 24
I've been reading a lot lately about the First World War, so was moved to glance through Housman's minor masterpiece once again. My version is this flimsy International Pocket Library edition, bought new for only fifty cents more than fifty years ago. It's well-traveled, and looks it. Probably its most famous poem is "To an Athlete Dying Young."
Barely fifty pages, but there's much food for thought here. Very highly recommended.
- Tim Bazzet, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER… (altro)