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Housman, A. E.
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Housman, A. E. ( Alfred Edward Housman) (1859–1936), educated at St John's College, Oxford. Housman was for ten years a clerk in the Patent Office in London, during which time he worked on
Propertius,
Ovid,
Juvenal, and other classical authors; he produced a definitive edition of Manilius (5 vols; 1902–30). He published, at his own expense,
A Shropshire Lad (1896), a series of 63 spare and nostalgic verses, based largely on ballad-forms, and mainly set in a half-imaginary Shropshire, a ‘land of lost content’, and often addressed to, or spoken by, a farm-boy or a soldier: it became hugely popular during the First World War. In 1911 Housman was appointed professor of Latin at Cambridge.
Last Poems (1922) met with great acclaim.
Praefanda (1931) is a collection of bawdy and obscene passages from Latin authors. His lecture ‘The Name and Nature of Poetry’ (1933) provides illuminating comments on the process of poetic creation.
Collected Poems appeared in 1939.
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Housman's 'Terence, This is Stupid Stuff....' (poem by classicist and poet A.E. Housman in his book 'A Shropshire Lad')
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...According to Grant Richards, A. E. Housman's publisher, and Laurence Housman...August 1997. Haber, Tom Burns. A. E. Housman. Ed. Sylvia E. Bowman. Twayne...Housman, Laurence. My Brother, A. E. Housman: Personal Recollections Together...
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A.E. Housman: Poet, Scholar, Atheist
Magazine article from: Freethought Today; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Richard Perceval Graves, A. E. Housman: The Scholar-Poet, p. 243...written six months before he died, Housman wrote: "I abandoned Christianity...Maas, ed., The Letters of A. E. Housman, p. 381). The proximity of his...
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Harvard's Housman rises above Ivy's best
News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/7/2007; ; 700+ words
; Walter E. Howell University Wire 06...point guard, sophomore Drew Housman, had become. It began at...with the Crimson down one, Housman took control. He dribbled...coughing up six turnovers, Housman showed poise under pressure...
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Traces of A.E. Housman (and Shakespeare) in Hemingway.(Ernest Hemingway)(Report)
Magazine article from: The Hemingway Review; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Hemingway's "The Mercenaries," and Housman's "The Day of Battle" and "The...Macomber." In the last instance both Housman and Hemingway quote Shakespeare...the minor poet," however, is A. E. Housman: "He did it once and did it perfectly...
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The Letters of A. E. Housman.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; The Letters of A. E. Housman. Ed. by ARCHIE BURNETT. 2 vols...Your affectionate brother, A. E. Housman' (I, 231). This is deliciously...indeed. I am yours sincerely, A. E. Housman' 387). A model of constraint...
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Conservatism and creativity in A.E. Housman.
Magazine article from: Modern Age; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...The Invention of Love begins, A.E. Housman "aged seventy-seven,... stands...explores an even bigger hiatus in Housman's life, one that appears in his...the scene echoes through the poetry Housman wrote in his notebooks which was...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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love story; Poet A.E. Housman's unrequited love changed the course of his life, with results both beautiful and heartbreaking.(FREETIME)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...life of English poet and scholar A.E. Housman with a richly textured script that...which is: It's a love story." Housman's heart, as presented by Stoppard...So deep was his adoration that Housman set aside his scholarly potential...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Housman papers offer rare insights.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/29/2001; 700+ words
; ...Worcestershire-born scholar and poet A E Housman is a signed first edition of his best known...on April 30, 1936, his brother Laurence Housman was responsible for the posthumous publication...High Street in 1985. CAPTION(S): A E Housman
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Housman in Paris.(A. E. Housman's works)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...in Problems in the Life and Writings of A. E. Housman appears to be a record of A. E. Housman's encounters with male sexual partners while...Goold, G. P. "Housman's Manilius." A. E. Housman, A Reassessment. Ed. A. W. Holden and...
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The Arts: The poet punts down the Styx Tom Stoppard's new play takes place in A.E. Housman's head. The playwright talks to Tobias Hill about poetry, Latin, love and the frustrating absence of a dark mistress
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Love, the life of the dying A. E. Housman passes before his own eyes with all...about the new play. Alfred Edward Housman was one of the 20th century's most...never happened - it all goes on in Housman's head. In real life Wilde and...
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Alfred Edward Housman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...The eldest of seven children, A. E. Housman was born in Fockbury, Worcestershire...Laurence Housman, My Brother, A. E. Housman: Personal Recollections, together...Elizabeth Symons, Memories of A. E. Housman (1936), biographies include George...
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Housman, A. E.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Housman, A. E. ( Alfred Edward Housman ) (1859–1936), educated at St John's College, Oxford. Housman was for ten years a clerk in the Patent Office in London, during...
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Housman, Laurence
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Housman, Laurence (1865–1959), brother of A. E. Housman , illustrator, art critic, writer, and...The Unexpected Years (1937), and A. E. Housman (1937), which contained poems, letters...
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A. E. Housman
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
A. E. Housman (Alfred Edward Housman) , 1859-1936, English poet and scholar, whose verse exerted...professor of Latin at Cambridge and fellow of Trinity College. Housman proved to be one of the finest classical scholars of his time...
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Housman, A.E.
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Housman, A.E. ( Alfred Edward ) (1859–1936) English poet and scholar. Housman is best known for A Shropshire Lad (1896), a series of 63 lyrics on nature and love. Its idealized view of the English countryside proved extremely...
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