Horace and Housman [electronic resource] /
Gaskin, R.author.
The lyric poems of Horace and Housman are two enigmatic bodies of work that have much in common, and a close reading of each poet's writings can illuminate the other's. This is the first book to provide a detailed, critical comparison between these two poets, and also the first to make use of Housman's unpublished lectures on Horace.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pessimism and pejorism -- Spring and death -- Horace's attitude to religion -- Religion and politics in Housman -- Horace and politics -- Questions of integrity and consistency -- Form and content -- Housman, literary criticism, and the classics -- Housman's criticism of Horace.
The lyric poems of Horace and Housman are two enigmatic bodies of work that have much in common, and a close reading of each poet's writings can illuminate the other's. This is the first book to provide a detailed, critical comparison between these two poets, and also the first to make use of Housman's unpublished lectures on Horace.
Horace
Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936
Poetry.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Literature—History and criticism.
Philology.
Poetry and Poetics.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Literary History.
Classical Studies.