9780941533614 - The Name and Nature of Poetry: And Other Selected Prose von Housman, A. E. (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Reprint. 1989. xv, 204pp. "Lovers of Housman's poetry and admirers of his scholarship have generally been aware, from the Introductory Lecture (1892) to The Name and Nature of Poetry (1933), that he was a master of English prose; others besides classical scholars have relished the pungency of the famous preface to his edition of Manilius. Here, in addition to these, is a selection of Housman's writings, both scholarly and general, gathered from periodicals and some more out-of-the-way sources?and these confirm his reputation as a prose stylist. His prefaces, his scholarly polemics, and his reviews are so pointed and forceful that even the reader unfamiliar with the matters at issue can admire his precision, his penetration, and his power" The book is in excellent condition with no inscriptions, and all contents are tight and clean.

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