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.
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Five stars for the edition; four or perhaps four+ for Houseman's poetry. This is an excellent collection and good value for dollar. It includes the major pieces in a readable, well-bound, inexpensive format. Houseman's output is such that it can be read and enjoyed in a brief period of time, so pour a drink, find the comfy chair and enjoy. Crime writers take note: Houseman's verse may not be uniformly superb, but it contains a number of brilliant passages which have served very nicely as epigraphs for crime novels.
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A good inexpensive copy of a great poet's work. There is not as much space to insert marginal notes, but close to Housman's idea of having a pocket copy for soldiers.
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- A Shropshire Lad (Dover Thrift Editions) by A. E. Housman on 13 pages
- Poetry First a Shropshire Lad (Penguin Classics: Poetry First) by A E Housman on 13 pages
- Last Poems by A. E. Housman on 7 pages
- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton in Back Matter
- The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman by A. E. Housman in Front Matter
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