Books by A. E. Housman

A selection of Housman's writings, including the Introductory Lecture of 1892 and The Name and Nature of Poetry, 1933, both scholarly and general, gathered from periodicals and other out-of-the-way sources. The collection decisively confirms his reputation as a prose stylist.

Features poetry that reveals the shaping processes of the author's poetic thought. This work also contains commentary that traces the range of echoes and allusions - Biblical, Classical, and contemporary, as well as providing information on persons, places, and historical context, the dating of poems, and his linguistic usage.