John Haffenden (University of Shef Professor of English Literature

William Empson, Volume I

Among the Mandarins

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Produktbeschreibung

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 life and work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 734
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 232mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 1076g
• ISBN-13: 9780199539918
• ISBN-10: 019953991X
• Artikelnr.: 25526138

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of Dates
* 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'
* 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 1935
* 13: Scapegoat and Sacrifice: Some Versions of Pastoral
* 14: 'Waiting for the end, boys': Politics, Poets, and
Mass-Observation
* 15: Camping Out: China 1937-38
* 16: 'The savage life and the fleas and the bombs': China 1938-39
* 17: Postscript
* Appendix: Further Famous Forebears