A.E. Housman

Classical Scholar

By: Christopher Stray (Editor), David Butterfield (Editor)

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Paperback | 10 October 2013 | Edition Number 1

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A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was a man of many apparent contradictions, most of which remain unresolved 150 years after his birth. At once a deeply emotive lyric poet and a precise and dedicated classical scholar, he achieved fame in both of these diverse disciplines. Although his poetic legacy has received much scholarly analysis, and yet more attention has been devoted to reconstructing his private life, no previous work has focused on Housman the classical scholar; yet it is upon scholarship that Housman most wished to leave his mark.

This timely collection of papers by leading scholars reassesses the breadth and significance of Housman's contribution to classical scholarship in both his published and unpublished writings, and discusses how his mantle has been passed on to later generations of classicists.

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Butterfield, Stray, et al. have done an excellent job of restoring Housman to his proper place in the history of classical scholarship and of reminding us that there is more to Housman than his poetry. * The Classical Bulletin (vol. 85) *
... Toutes ces raisons, auxquelles j'ajoute la superbe photographie de la quatrieme de couverture qui represente Housman a quarante ans, avec un regard rayonnant, font que je recommande cet ouvrage. * Exemplaria Classica 14. 2010 *
...the essays provide a window into the processes of scholarship past and present, including the tensions between search for truth and the human foibles that condition its definition and communication ... The collection should provoke serious thought among current practitioners about the differences between the academic environments of Housman, his immediate successors and those of today. -- Lorna Hardwick, The Open University * Journal of Roman Studies *

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