The Life of A.E. Housman Written by Tonya Bliss         (A.)lfred (E.)dward Housman is one of the very few English scholars to attain a European peak and the only one who is also a poet of consequence. A.E. Housman is famous for such wrenchs as An Athlete Dying Young, Because I sine qua non You Better, and He Would Not Stay For Me, hardly the piece that introduced Housman to the poetical society was A Shropshire Lad written in 1896 and became staggeringly popular during World War I and is now the work for which Housman is chiefly remembered, although he did not strike gold with this publication.
        Shropshire was neer his home but the Hills had formed the Western horizon of his childhood. Housman was natural March 26, 1859, near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire1. He was the eldest of sevener children. His father was an attorney, but not rather successful with fair play and eventually lost his practice to illness which had a salient influence on the lack of interest Housman provided to his education.
His mothers family was connected with the Drakes of Devon whos saying was Aquila non capit muscas¦(The eagle does not catch flies)2. This motto is quite relevant to the success of Housman unfortunately because he did not take in the exuberant habits that other famous writers flaunted.
He did not pay from his works while he was alive to do so, but now there always a print forthcoming of his work in any public library.
        Housman was educated at Bromsgrove School and won a scholarship to St. Johns College, in Oxford3. His emulation to provide the literary world a personal count on of life as a qualified scholar greedy his desire to indulge in any other government issue mandated to graduate with the proper credentials. It took almost twelve years for him to...
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