William Empson - Among the Christians

Zusatztext This is scholarship in the grand style Klappentext 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 second of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Zusammenfassung 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 second of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The BBC War 2: The War within the BBC 3: Chinabound 4: Sounding the South: Kenyon College, Summer 1948 5: Siege and Liberation 6: The New China 7: Changes in China; and Kenyon Again 8: Quitting Communist china 9: Final Reckoning: The Affair of Fei Hsiao-t'ung 10: 'A Mighty Raspberry': iThe Structure of Complex Words/i 11: Homing to Yorkshire 12: From Poetry to the Queen 13: Ménage a Trois 14: The Anti-Christian: iMilton's God/i 15: 'They think good literature is a tremendous scolding': From Sheffield to Legon 16: The Road to Retirement 17: Rescuing Donne and Coleridge 18: Roamings in Retirement 19: iFaustus/i: Finale

Product details

• Authors: John Haffenden
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2009
• EAN: 9780199539925
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953992-5
• No. of pages: 824
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Biografien: allgemein, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter