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A. E. Housman - The Scholar-Poet

Inglese · Tascabile

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Informationen zum Autor .Richard Perceval Graves was born in Brighton in 1945. He studied Modern History at St John's College, Oxford and after teaching for some years at schools including Harrow and Ellesmere College, he became a full-time writer in 1973. He is the author of several biographies including Lawrence of Arabia and his World (1976), A. E. Housman: The Scholar Poet (1979) and Richard Hughes (1994). He has also written a three volume biography of his uncle, Robert Graves. In 1999 he was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship, and from 2001-2005 he was Chairman of the Powys Society. He has lectured extensively at leading literary festivals including Cheltenham, Hay-on-Wye and Toronto. He is also a Director of GWS Media Limited which in 2009 was awarded the contract for redesigning the website of Mensa International Limited. Klappentext A E Housman! romantic poet and classical scholar! is best-known as the author of "A Shropshire Lad" and the meticulous editor of Manilius! the Latin poet of astronomy. This biography reconciles the two apparently conflicting sides of Housman's personality! and reassesses the reputation of this man who was something of a mystery. Zusammenfassung A E Housman, romantic poet and classical scholar, is best-known as the author of "A Shropshire Lad" and the meticulous editor of Manilius, the Latin poet of astronomy. This biography reconciles the two apparently conflicting sides of Housman's personality, and reassesses the reputation of this man who was something of a mystery.

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.Richard Perceval Graves was born in Brighton in 1945. He studied Modern History at St John's College, Oxford and after teaching for some years at schools including Harrow and Ellesmere College, he became a full-time writer in 1973.

He is the author of several biographies including Lawrence of Arabia and his World (1976), A. E. Housman: The Scholar Poet (1979) and Richard Hughes (1994). He has also written a three volume biography of his uncle, Robert Graves.

In 1999 he was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship, and from 2001-2005 he was Chairman of the Powys Society. He has lectured extensively at leading literary festivals including Cheltenham, Hay-on-Wye and Toronto.

He is also a Director of GWS Media Limited which in 2009 was awarded the contract for redesigning the website of Mensa International Limited.


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Autori Richard Perceval Graves
Con la collaborazione di Richard Graves Perceval (Editore), Grave Perceval (Editore), Graves Perceval (Editore)
Editore Faber & Faber
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 16.07.2009
 
EAN 9780571252817
ISBN 978-0-571-25281-7
Pagine 336
Dimensioni 135 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
Categorie Narrativa > Romanzi > Capolavori fino al 1945
Saggistica > Arte, letteratura > Biografie, autobiografie

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