{"product_id":"a-shropshire-lad-9781906122065","title":"A Shropshire Lad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shropshire Lad\u003c\/strong\u003e by Housman, A.E.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781906122065.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The enduring appeal of A. E. Housmans lyrical English poem, A Shropshire Lad, first published in 1896, lies perhaps in its gentle accessibility and in its universal theme of loss, of love and the passage of time. Certainly its popularity today appears undiminished as it continues to console and delight.\n\nThe timeless quality of the Shropshire countryside, from the bucolic Clun valley to the bleak hills of Caer Caradoc, is captured by one of Shropshires finest wildlife and landscape photographers, Gareth Thomas.\n\nChristopher Ricks, Professor of Poetry at Oxford University and President of the Housman Society, has written a thought-provoking introduction to this edition, touching on some of the reasons for the poems lasting popularity, including its unusual combination of classical fortitude and romantic yearning.\n\nThe biographical sketch of Housman by Ludlow historian David Lloyd sets the poem in context. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Merlin Unwin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44944891969589,"sku":"ByrdShop_1906122067","price":91.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781906122065_bccf89fc-6eb9-4bc9-8732-2a925d5caa2f.jpg?v=1778639148","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-shropshire-lad-9781906122065","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}