A. E. Housman (1859–1936)
Forfatter af A Shropshire Lad
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af A. E. Housman
Thirty Housman letters to Witter Bynner 7 eksemplarer
L'applicazione del pensiero alla critica del testo. Con estratti inediti dal Notebook X e uno scritto di Gian Biagio… (2022) 2 eksemplarer
Loveliest of Trees 2 eksemplarer
Alfred Edward Housman 2 eksemplarer
A morning with the royal family 2 eksemplarer
When I Was One-and-Twenty 2 eksemplarer
M. Manilii Astronomicon, Liber I, Editio Altera 1 eksemplar
A Shropshire lad and other poetry 1 eksemplar
Digte 1 eksemplar
Loveliest of Trees 1 eksemplar
A Shropshire Lad by Hyperion (UK) 1 eksemplar
Bredon Hill {poem} 1 eksemplar
Fragment of a Greek tragedy 1 eksemplar
Selected Poems A. E. Housman 1 eksemplar
R. L. S.: An Uncollected Poem. 1 eksemplar
Tales of the Gold Rush 1 eksemplar
Shropshire lad [with] English countryside 1 eksemplar
A centennial memento; with excerpts from A. Shropshire lad, and Fragment of a Greek tragedy 1 eksemplar
Six poems from A Shropshire lad and Last poems 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Bidragyder — 1,046 eksemplarer
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 917 eksemplarer
The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature, Volumes 1-2 (1955) — Bidragyder — 459 eksemplarer
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Bidragyder — 447 eksemplarer
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Bidragyder — 250 eksemplarer
Manilius: Astronomica (Loeb Classical Library No. 469) (English and Latin Edition) (1977) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver — 137 eksemplarer
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 3: Intelligent Family Living (1967) — Bidragyder — 33 eksemplarer
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 4: The World Around Us (1968) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
My brother, A.E. Housman : personal recollections together with thirty hitherto unpublished poems (1937) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Ode to Boy: Vol. 2: An Anthology of Same-Sex Attraction in Literature from the 19th Century Through the First World War (2014) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Housman, A. E.
- Juridisk navn
- Housman, Alfred Edward
- Fødselsdato
- 1859-03-26
- Dødsdag
- 1936-04-30
- Begravelsessted
- St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, Shropshire, England, UK
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (til kort)
- England, UK
- Fødested
- Fockbury, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Cambridge, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Bromsgrove, Hereford and Worcester, England, UK
Oxford, England, UK
London, England, UK
Cambridge, England, UK - Uddannelse
- St. John's College, Oxford (BA|1892)
- Erhverv
- poet
classical scholar
university professor - Relationer
- Housman, Clemence (sister)
Symons, Katherine Elizabeth (sister)
Housman, Laurence (brother) - Organisationer
- University College London
Trinity College, Cambridge University - Kort biografi
- English classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.
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At school many years ago we compared Herrick’s “Fair Daffodils” and Housman’s “Loveliest of Trees”. I don’t think it’s possible to say which is “best”: they are both perfect. I remember my mother quoting or reading “On Wenlock Edge” when I was only about 7 or 8, and young enough to be a bit frightened at the Roman who was ashes under Uricon, even though I had no real idea of death. The ruins at Viroconium or Wroxeter are surprisingly big, pillars standing in a field as I recall once seeing. Housman gave us the phrases “the coloured counties”, “blue remembered hills” and "the land of lost content". Favourites: “Loveliest of Trees” and “On Wenlock Edge”. My copy is a tiny hardback still in its yellow and black dustjacket.… (mere)
This was a fairly decent assembly of collected poems by the renowned poet A.E Housman. The rhyme schemes were simple and the themes not overtly complex. It was good reading, and a fast one too, but I felt there was a detachment between when it was written and now. Overall, worth reading- but briskly.
3 stars.
3 stars.
The poems were alright but overall the tone was very depressing.
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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… (mere)