William Empson

The Strengths of Shakespeare's Shrew (eBook, PDF)

Essays, Memoirs and Reviews
Redaktion: Haffenden, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Passionate, controversial and illuminating - this collection contains Empson's best short pieces on Shakespeare, a sally on George Herbert, a defence of Coleridge, and an eager introduction to a French farce, a group of incomparably witty autobiographical articles, and the text to his extraordinary Inaugural Lecture as Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474247597
• Artikelnr.: 44018166

Autorenporträt

Sir William Empson was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works. He was Head of the English Department at the University of Sheffield.