The Road of Danger, Guilt, and Shame

"Housman's poetry is considered through close analysis of the workshop material as well as the final texts. Not only the well-known poetry of A Shropshire Lad, Last Poems, More Poems, and Additional Poems is discussed but also Housman's light verse, juvenilia, unfinished fragments, and prose, concentrating on the gay subtext. There is much attention to the techniques of light verse, especially puns, which, when analyzed, often throw an entirely new light on apparently simple pieces. The commentaries of other critics are taken into account, but the author also presents her own explications based on her close reading and wide knowledge of literature."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved