{"product_id":"a-shropshire-lad-and-other-poems-the-collected-poems-of-ae-housman-penguin-classics-9780140424744","title":"A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems The Collected","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful collection from one of England's best-loved poets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most admired poets of his day, A.E. Housman wrote poems that conjure a potent and idyllic rural world imbued with a poignant sense of loss. Expressed in simple rhythms, they show a fine ear for the subtleties of meter and alliteration, and they touch on subjects ranging from religious doubt and doomed love to patriotic celebration of the soldier and intense nostalgia for the countryside. This volume brings together the works Housman published in his lifetime, \u003ci\u003eA Shropshire Lad\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) and \u003ci\u003eLast Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), along with many posthumous selections and three translations of extracts from Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripedes that display his mastery of classical literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition has been revised by Archie Burnett and includes updated notes on the text and indexes of first lines and titles. It is introduced by Nick Laird and includes an afterwor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Housman’s singular vision seized hold of the English imagination, inspiring not just a literary following but a generation of composers, like George Butterworth and Ralph Vaughan Williams, who sought to do musically what Housman had done with verse: to create a new and authentically English kind of song.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732362768727,"sku":"9780140424744","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140424744.jpg?v=1719996560","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-shropshire-lad-and-other-poems-the-collected-poems-of-ae-housman-penguin-classics-9780140424744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}