William Empson

William Empson

Essays on Renaissance Literature: Volume 1, Donne and the New Philosophy
Herausgeber: Haffenden, John

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Produktbeschreibung

Some of William Empson's most passionate and controversial essays, including previously inaccessible pieces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521483605
• ISBN-10: 0521483603
• Artikelnr.: 21515943

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Sources and acknowledgements
Introduction by JOHN HAFFENDEN
1. Donne and the rhetorical tradition
2. Donne the space man
3. Donne in the new edition
4. Rescuing Donne
5. Donne's foresight
6. Copernicanism and the censor
7. Thomas Digges his infinite universe
8. Godwin's voyage to the moon
Appendix on Galileo
Notes
Index.