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Zusatztext Haffenden's narrative is driven along with such gusto, such alert intelligence, such obvious pleasure in the task, that no one could reasonably grumble at the story's inordinate length. It is a virtuoso feat of scholarship: a telling demonstration of what biography, as it finest, can actually achieve. Informationen zum Autor Currently Head of Department at the University of Sheffield, John Haffenden was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Oxford University, and began his teaching career at H. M. Prison, Oxford. He has received awards from the Authors' Foundation of the Society of Authors and the British Academy, and has been a British Academy Research Reader and a Leverhulme Research Fellow. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an elected founding Fellow of theEnglish Association. Klappentext William Empson (1906-1984) was the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century. A man of huge energy and curiosity, he was a genius and a genuine eccentric. His public life and travels took him through many of the major events of the modern world - including the rise of imperialism in Japan, the Sino-Japanese war, wartime propaganda for the BBC, and the Chinese civil war. This authoritative and compelling account is the first 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 first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Dates 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' 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 1935 13: Scapegoat and Sacrifice: Some Versions of Pastoral 14: 'Waiting for the end, boys': Politics, Poets, and Mass-Observation 15: Camping Out: China 1937-38 16: 'The savage life and the fleas and the bombs': China 1938-39 17: Postscript Appendix: Further Famous Forebears ...
