William Empson

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John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable.

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Full title :William Empson. / John Haffenden.

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Publication Date:2009, ©2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009, ©2005.

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Description:1 online resource (xxi, 695 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1282268600, 9781282268609, 0199276595, 9780199276592, 9786612268601, 6612268603, 0191570516, 9780191570513
oclc:ocn847496941
LC Classification:PR6009.M7
Dewey Decimal:956.7044

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; 1. Introduction; 2. In the Blood: Sir Richard Empson, Professor William, and John Henry; 3. 'A horrid little boy, airing my views'; 4. 'Owl Empson'; 5. 'Did I, I wonder, talk too much?'; 6. 'Mr Empson gave a very competent performance': The Multiple Man of Letters; 7. 'His presence spellbound us all': The Experiment Group; 8. The Making of Seven Types of Ambiguity: Influence and Integrity; 9. 'Those Particular Vices': Crisis, Expulsion, and Aftermath; 10. Seven Types of Ambiguity: The Critical Reception; 11. The Trials of Tokyo

12. Poems 193513. Scapegoat and Sacrifice: Some Versions of Pastoral; 14. 'Waiting for the end, boys': Politics, Poets, and Mass-Observation; 15. Camping Out: China, 1937-1938; 16. 'The savage life and the fleas and the bombs': China, 1938-1939; 17. Postscript; APPENDIX: FURTHER FAMOUS FOREBEARS; NOTES; INDEX

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