A Grecian Lad : A. E. Housman and the Classics / Jennifer Ingleheart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingleheart, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936,.

Housman, A. E.

English literature--Classical influences.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

The first book to bring together A.E. Housman’s poetry and classical scholarship, revealing the deep connections between the two. It offers the first full-length study of his Latin elegy for Moses Jackson, including a new translation and commentary on this homoerotic poem’s links to his wider verse. The book also provides an original version and close reading of Praefanda, Housman’s little-read yet notorious scholarly article on sexual themes, written in Latin. Further, it examines how Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love grapples with the tensions in Housman’s dual careers as poet and professor. Housman has long been seen as a man divided—the emotional poet of A Shropshire Lad on one hand, and the austere Latinist on the other. While he publicly downplayed the classical influences on his poetry, this book interrogates the subtle but intricate classicism woven throughout his work. By reading his verse alongside his scholarship, it uncovers a more integrated and complex figure, shedding new light on both his poetry and academic writings.

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1: Terence Hearsay in Shropshire: Classical Allusivity in A Shropshire Lad Chapter 2: Queer Loss, Queer Classics: Housman’s Lost Country Chapter 3: Love, Loss and Latin: Housman’s Latin Elegy to Moses Jackson Text of Praefanda in Latin Translation of Praefanda Chapter 4: 'Tell me the truth about sex': Housman’s Praefanda Chapter 5: The Invention of Housman Coda: Answered Passions Notes Bibliography Index

ISBN:

9781350574748

OCLC:

1583183407