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  • A Shropshire Lad

    by A.E. Housman ...
    Series series Penguin Clothbound Poetry
    A Shropshire Lad was first published in 1896 at A. E. Housman's own expense. The collection of lyrical poems became hugely successful following the Second Boer War and World War I, with themes such as nostalgia for one's home and the patriotic celebration of the life of the solider striking a chord with English readers. This collection contains Housman's greatest works, demonstrating the lyrical ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • A Shropshire Lad

    by A. E. Housman ...
    Series series Poetry Classics
    A Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman. Some of the better-known poems in the book are "To an Athlete Dying Young", "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now", "The Lent Lily" and "When I Was One-and-Twenty".The collection was published in 1896. Housman originally titled the book The Poems of Terence Hearsay, referring to a character there, but ... Read more

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  • Last Poems by A. E. Housman

    by A. E. Housman ...
    "Last Poems by A. E. Housman" by A. E. Housman. Published by e-artnow. e-artnow publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each e-artnow edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e ... Read more

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  • A Shropshire Lad

    by A. E. Housman ...
    A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman. ... Read more

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  • A Shropshire Lad

    by A. E. Housman ...
    A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles! ... Read more

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  • A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems

    The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman

    by A.E. Housman ...
    A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. This Penguin Classics edition is introduced by Nick Laird with revisions by Archie Burnett and an afterword by John Sparrow.'What are those blue remembered hills,What spires, what farms are those?'In this ... Read more

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  • A Shropshire Lad

    by A.E. Housman ...
    Series series Collins Classics
    HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.What are those blue remembered hills,What spires, what farms are those?******First published in 1896, A.E. Housman’s best-loved collection of poetry is a poignant exploration of love, loss, the inevitable passage of time and the fragility of life. Using elegant melodic simplicity, Housman’s poems arouse profound emotional ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • A Shropshire Lad

    by A. E. Housman ...
    The charms of the poems in A Shropshire Lad, published in 1896, continue to resonate today. Housman's first collection and his signature work, the poems here mix the styles of traditional English ballads and classical verse, and evoke the idyllic English countryside, explore the nature of friendship, bravery, and the passing of youth, among other themes. ... Read more

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  • A Shropshire Lad, a poem

    by A. E. Housman ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Alfred Edward Housman (6 March 1859 30 April 1936), usually known as A. E. Housman, was an English classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems were mostly written before 1900. Their wistful evocation of doomed youth in the English countryside, in spare language and distinctive imagery, ... Read more

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  • A.E. Housman: Collected Poems

    by A.E. Housman ...
    A. E. Housman, being one of the most famous and widely read poets of the early twentieth century, is certainly worthy of praise. His 'Collected Poems' are therefore a valuable read because they allow readers to gain an impression of the author's mind, opinions and lifestyle. Furthermore, they simultaneously depict a man who was deeply pessimistic and obsessed with death, and, on the other hand, ... Read more

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    Poetry of A. E. Housman, The

    by A.E. Housman ...
    Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

    Unabridged

    23 min

    Alfred Edward Housman was born on 26 March 1859 in a small village near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, the eldest of seven children. His mother died when he was 12 and his father remarried. Despite a good formal education where he won prizes for his poetry and a scholarship to Oxford, Houseman failed to get his degree in Classics. Various reasons have been suggested for this; over confidence, a ... Read more

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    A Shropshire Lad

    by A.E. Housman ...
    Narrated by Samuel West ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 4 min

    In A Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman recreates a nostalgic world of lost love, lost youth, thwarted friendships, unfaithful girls, male bonding, untimely death and the uncertain glories of being a soldier. The poems deal with the exuberance of youth its aspirations and disappointments, its naïve certainties and tragic mistakes. Though written in 1895, it struck a chord with the generation of young ... Read more

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