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William Empson. Volume I, Among the Mandarins
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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 acc...
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. - ;William Empson was the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century. He was a man of huge energy and curiosity, and a genuine eccentric who remained imperturbable in the face of all the extraordinary circumstances in which he found himself. The discovery of contraceptives in his possession by a bedmaker at Cambr
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- Creator
- John Haffenden
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009,c2005
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- 1 online resource (734 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1282268600, 9786612268601, 0191570516, 019953991X
- OCLC
- ocn426050282, on1024276364
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- CONTENTS; 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