A. E. Housman  Victorian

Info

- one of the most gifted of late-Victorian and early modern poets; a leading classical scholar (Horton 677)

- caustic perfectionism (677)

- theme - carpe diem ("seize the day"), edged with late-Victorian cynicism (677)

Works

- "To an Athlete Dying Young"

Citation

Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.