Housman’s Poems (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: John Bayley
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Self, Literature, Death or dying, Wit or humor, Heroes or heroism, Soldiers, Patriotism
John Bayley’s Housman’s Poems attempts to reestablish the once high critical reputation of A. E. Housman. Bayley analyzes the poems to discover new ways of reading and appreciating the poems. He uses not a New Critical or formalist approach but instead a combination of thematic, comparative, and genre criticism. Bayley is very good at discovering Housman’s elusive poetic strategies and revealing some of the ways the poems work and have an impact on the reader. He shows that Housman is not a failed formalist poet but one with a different way of creating significant poetic...
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