A.E. Housman : classical scholar / / edited by D. J. Butterfield and C. A. Stray

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.9142
• Soggetto topico: Classicism - Great Britain; Classicists - Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ButterfieldD. J <1985-> (David James) StrayChristopher
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Housman and Propertius / S.J. Heyworth -- Housman's Manilius / E. Courtney -- Housman's Juvenal / R.G.M. Nisbet -- Housman, Lucan and Fraenkel / S.P. Oakley -- Housman and Ovid's Ibis / G.D. Williams -- Housman on metre and prosody / D.J. Butterfield -- Dust and fudge : manuscripts in Housman's generation / M.D. Reeve -- Housman and R.C. Jebb : intellectual styles and the politics of metre / C.A. Stray -- Housman and J.P. Postgate / N. Hopkinson -- Housman and W.M. Lindsay / D.J. Butterfield -- Housman and A.S. Hunt / L. Lehnus -- Classical scholarship in Housman's correspondence / J.H.C. Leach -- Lessons learned from a master / G. Luck -- "For we are also his offspring" / E.J. Kenney -- Housman's cap and pen / J. Diggle.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 reass
• Titolo autorizzato: A.E. Housman
• ISBN: 1-4725-2107-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463004203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II