A.E. Housman Classical Scholar

A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was a man of many apparent contradictions, most of which remain unresolved 150 years after his birth. At once a deeply emotive lyric poet and a precise and dedicated classical scholar, he achieved fame in both of these diverse disciplines. Although his poetic legacy has received much scholarly analysis, and yet more attention has been devoted to reconstructing his private life, no previous work has focussed on Housman the classical scholar; yet it is upon scholarship that Housman most wished to leave his mark. This timely collection of papers by leading scholars reassesses the extent of Housman's contribution to classical scholarship (in both his published and unpublished writings) and shows how his mantle has been passed on to later generations of classicists. Contributors: E. Courtney, University of Virginia; J. Diggle, Queens' College, Cambridge; S.J. Heyworth, Wadham College, Oxford; N. Hopkinson, Trinity College, Cambridge; E.J. Kenney, Peterhouse, Cambridge; J.H.C. Leach, Fellow Emeritus of Pembroke College, Oxford; L. Lehnus, University of Milan; G. Luck, Johns Hopkins University; R.G.M. Nisbet, Corpus Christi College, Oxford; S.P. Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge; M.D. Reeve, Pembroke College, Cambridge; G.D. Williams, Columbia University.

Editors: David Butterfield is W.H.D. Rouse Research Fellow, Christ's College, Cambridge; Christopher Stray is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics at Swansea University. Contributors: D.J. Butterfield, Christ's College, Cambridge; E. Courtney, University of Virginia; J. Diggle, Queens' College, Cambridge; S.J. Heyworth, Wadham College, Oxford; N. Hopkinson, Trinity College, Cambridge; E.J. Kenney, Peterhouse, Cambridge; J.H.C. Leach, Pembroke College, Oxford; L. Lehnus, University of Milan; G. Luck, Johns Hopkins University; R.G.M. Nisbet, Corpus Christi College, Oxford; S.P. Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge; M.D. Reeve, Pembroke College, Cambridge; C.A. Stray, Swansea; G.D. Williams, Columbia University.

Preface	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Housman the Scholar
Housman and Propertius	p. 11
Housman's Manilius	p. 29
Housman's Juvenal	p. 45
Housman, Lucan and Fraenkel	p. 65
Housman and Ovid's Ibis	p. 95
Housman on Metre and Prosody	p. 117
Dust and Fudge: manuscripts in Housman's generation	p. 138
Housman's Scholarly Environment
Housman and R.C. Jebb: intellectual styles and the politics of metre	p. 155
Housman and J.P. Postgate	p. 175
Housman and W.M. Lindsay	p. 193
Housman and A.S. Hunt	p. 217
Classical Scholarship in Housman's Correspondence	p. 229
Housman's Legacy
Lessons Learned from a Master	p. 247
'For we are also his offspring'	p. 255
Housman's Cap and Pen	p. 261
Bibliography	p. 265
Index Locorum	p. 275
General Index	p. 283
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