The Letters of A. E. Housman
Two-volume set
Format:Set / collection
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:29th Mar '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The Letters of A. E. Housman is a scholarly edition of over 2200 letters. (The previous edition, edited by Henry Maas, contained just over 880.) The letters cover the whole range of Housman's daily activities, whether he writes as poet, Professor of Latin, son, brother, uncle, friend, or citizen. Thus they allow the fullest possible revelation of a man whose reserve was legendary. He emerges as a more amiable, more sociable, more generous, more painstaking, and more complex person than has previously been realized. In most cases the source of the text is a manuscript, and this has resulted in a text that is more accurate and more complete than any previously available. Accompanying the text are notes covering persons and places, poetry, classical scholarship, publishing history, and literary allusion and echo.
This edition is a monument not just a man - though in the case of this man that would be more than enough - but to an entire era of scholarly and literary activity. The Editor has laboured mightily, and the magnitude of his achievement more than justifies his extraordinary patience and dedication. * John Vaio, The Classical Review *
This edition is a monument not just to a man...but to an entire era of scholarly and literary activity. The Editor has laboured mightily, and the magnitude of his achievement more than justifies his extraordinary patience and dedication. * John Vaio, The Classical Review *
this is a fine edition, assembled by the scholar best equipped to produce it ...represents a substantial achievement. * Christopher Stray, Journal of Hellenic Studies *
footnotes are a model of editorial tact... * Matthew Bevis *
[An] exhaustive and monumental achievement. * The New Republic *
[a] magnificent edition... For the first time this edition allows us to see Housman live. * Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Times Literary Supplement *
...typically accurate and a noteworthy benchmark... * David Butterfield, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
...meticulously edited...[and] beautiful edition of Housman's letters * Telegraph Review *
...most welcome and elegant...much to his credit [Burnett] does not impose censorship...the letters are delightful reading...I warmly recommend the edition... * William M. Calder III, GNOMON *
...the most complete collection of Housman's letters yet published. * Contemporary Review *
ISBN: 9780198184966
Dimensions: 252mm x 170mm x 130mm
Weight: 2779g
1290 pages