Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
A. E. Housman
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Standard Name: Housman, A. E.
Used Form: Alfred Edward Housman
AEH
, who was also a classical scholar, editor, and critic, is best known for his poetry, mostly in ballad form. His first publication happened in 1896, and the last was posthumous. His characteristic subjects are personal loss, longing, and regret for lost youth and the past.
The title of this novel caused problems. James wanted to use this particular phrase, which occurred in four lines of verse she had copied from a journal article, but the source remained elusive. Valiant efforts...
Reviewer Andrew O'Hagan
, however, applies a withering pen to WC
in a tirade about a general style of anthology which is, he says, frivolous or aimed at the lifestyle or selfhelp markets. His complaint...
Textual Features
Willa Cather
A. S. Byatt
finds in this volume a mournful Arcadian tone, thinly ecstatic, and owing much to Swinburne
and Housman
.
Byatt, A. S., and Willa Cather. “Introduction”. A Lost Lady, Virago, p. v - xiv.