A. E. Housman, romantic poet and classical scholar, is best-known as the author of A Shropshire Lad and the meticulous editor of Manilius, the Latin poet of astronomy.
In this first full biography, Richard Perceval Graves convincingly reconciles the two apparently conflicting sides of Housman's personality, and reassesses the reputation of a man who was something of a mystery even to his closest friends.
'This is bound to become the standard life.' John Carey, Sunday Times
'Dispassionate and well-researched.' Philip Larkin, Guardian
- ISBN10 057130947X
- ISBN13 9780571309474
- Publish Date 5 June 2014 (first published 16 July 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 336
- Language English