The Letters of A. E. Housman, Two Volume Boxset

Housman, A. E.; Burnett, Archie (editor)

ISBN 10: 0198184964 / ISBN 13: 9780198184966

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007

Volumes 1 and 2 of the Letters of A. E. Housman in presentation slipcase. Small scuff mark (2cm) on edge of Volume 2's spine, otherwise near fine condition. Pages clean and bright, boards and bindings tidy, minimal shelf wear to presentation slipcase. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 85607

Synopsis:

This book is a scholarly edition of over 2200 letters that cover the entire range of Housman's daily activities, whether he wrote as poet, Professor of Latin, son, brother, uncle, friend, or citizen. Accompanying the text are notes covering persons and places, poetry, classical scholarship, publishing history, and literary allusion and echo.

About the Author: Archie Burnett was born in Scotland in 1950 and studied at the University of Edinburgh before completing his DPhil at the University of Oxford in 1977, with a thesis on Milton's language. He was Junior Research Fellow of St John's College, Oxford 1974-8 then Lecturer and eventually Professor in English at Oxford Brookes University 1979-2000. He is currently Co-director of the Editorial Institute and Professor of English at Boston University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Letters of A. E. Housman, Two Volume ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hard
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase