A.E. Housman Revisited; Author: Hoagwood, Terence; Hardback; Book

Author: Hoagwood, Terence
Series#:514; Twayne's English Authors; Hardback; Book
176 pages
Published: June 1995
Gale
ISBN: 0805770267

Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work.Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works-- A brief biography of the author-- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical cHoagwood examines and explicates Housman's poetry in the light of classical literature, philosophy, and history, in the contexts of ancient, biblical, and contemporary poetry, and also in the context of Victorian England. He views Houseman's work as highly literary rather than autobiographical.