Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Credits xiii
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. Preface xix
7. Part I Childhood 1
8. PART II Oxford 23
9. PART III The Patent Office 36
10. PART IV Re-entry to the academic life 60
11. PART V Pastures new 105
12. Part VI Who am I? 128
13. PART VII Paradoxical Housman 159
14. PART VIII Cambridge: The glittering prize 178
15. PART IX The Great War 1914–1918 211
16. PART X After the war 246
17. PART XI Last Poems A Requiem for Moses Jackson 263
18. PART XII Last Things 323
19. PART XIII Paris 1932 356
20. PART XIV Academic apotheosis and swansong 379
21. PART XV Last flights to France 395
22. Posthumous publications published 434
23. Epilogue 441
24. References 443
25. Bibliography 466
26. Index 473