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John . Ed(S): Haffenden - Selected Letters of William Empson - 9780199539864 - V9780199539864
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Selected Letters of William Empson

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Description for Selected Letters of William Empson Paperback. William Empson is one of the foremost writers and critics of the twentieth century. This correspondence shows him working out his ideas and gives the fullest possible picture of his robust interactions with many other prominent writers, including the likes of F. R. Leavis, Helen Gardner, Frank Kermode, Christopher Norris, and I. A. Richards. Editor(s): Haffenden, John. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1174.
This edited collection of letters by William Empson (1906-1984), one of the foremost writers and literary critics of the twentieth century, ranges across the entirety of his career. Parts of the correspondence record the development of ideas that were to come to fruition in seminal texts including Seven Types of Ambiguity , The Structure of Complex Words , and Milton's God . The topics of other letters range from Shakespeare's Dark Lady to Marvell's marriage and Byron's bisexuality. Empson relished correspondence that was combative, if not downright aggressive. As a result, parts of this edition take the form of a ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
Number of Pages
792
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199539864
SKU
V9780199539864
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