A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. Housman's melodic and memorable poems have been popular for over a century. He writes typically of lost love, of the brevity of happiness, of young soldiers doomed to die. Admirers have found his work elegant and resonant; detractors have thought much of it mannered and glib. But Housman speaks with two voices: the smooth texts conceal a dark sub-text. This tormented and secretive man wrote poems alive with indirect self-disclosure. Check out our other books at www.dogstailbooks.co.uk
| Author: Will Jonson |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Jul 27, 2014 |
| Number of Pages: 76 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1500591300 |
| ISBN-13: 9781500591304 |