ABSTRACT
Housman was a divided man with a buried life who hid behind a carefully constructed mask. His poetry and Classical scholarship expressed two different aspects of his personality, and though the Classics influenced his poetry, he was not able to bring the two into a harmonious union. Housman's suffering inspired his creation, and the enigma of his existence contrasted with the clarity of his poems, which were often set to music.
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2016
The Pennsylvania State University
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