Date of Award
4-1970
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Abstract
To understate the case, one might point out that there are those readers whose initial reaction to A Shropshire Lad is that it is a disunified bundle of poems. I assert, however, that this judgement should not endure, for when this volume of poetry is viewed in a more critical perspective there arises a deeper understanding and, consequently, a more rewarding appreciation. Moreover, I assert that it is in this final analysis alone that A Shropshire Lad emerges in its proper perspective.
In addition, it is the contention of this thesis that this unity may be viewed through at least two basic considerations: (1) through a consideration of the particular arrangements of the poems, and (2) through a consideration of the similarity and inter-relationship of the essential themes of the poems.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Robert B., "The unity of A Shropshire Lad" (1970). Honors Theses. 651.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/651