{"product_id":"shropshire-lad-other-poems","title":"Shropshire Lad \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and \u003ci\u003eA Shropshire Lad and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. This Penguin Classics edition is introduced by Nick Laird with revisions by Archie Burnett and an afterword by John Sparrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''What are those blue remembered hills,\u003cbr\u003eWhat spires, what farms are those?''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection, A. E. Housman''s poems, including''To an Athlete Dying Young'', ''Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now'' and ''When I Was One-and-Twenty'', conjure up a potent and idyllic rural world imbued with a poignant sense of loss and sadness. Their scope is wide - ranging from religious doubt and doomed love to intense nostalgia for the countryside and patriotic celebration of the life of the soldier - and they are made all the more memorable by their distinctive diction and perfectly modulated rhythm and sound. 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 the posthumous selections \u003ci\u003eMore Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdditional Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and three translations of extracts from Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides that display his mastery of Classical literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition has been revised by Archie Burnett and includes updated notes on the text and indexes of first lines and titles. In his afterword, John Sparrow discusses Housman''s methods of writing and melancholic temperament.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems \u003ci\u003eA Shropshire Lad\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eA Shropshire Lad and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like John Clare''s \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305716916606,"sku":"NW9780140424744","price":9.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780140424744.jpg?v=1778234668","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/shropshire-lad-other-poems","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}