Selected Letters of William EmpsonJohn Haffenden OUP Oxford, 2006 M03 9 - 792 páginas 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 serial disputation with other critics of the period, including Frank Kermode, Helen Gardner, Philip Hobsbaum, and I. A. Richards. Other notable correspondents include A. Alvarez, Bonamy Dobrée, Leslie Fiedler, Graham Hough, C. K. Ogden, George Orwell, Kathleen Raine, John Crowe Ransom, Christopher Ricks, Laura Riding, A. L. Rowse, Stephen Spender, E. M. W. Tillyard, Rosemond Tuve, John Wain, and G. Wilson Knight. All readers of literary history and criticism will stand to benefit from this edition. Empson is universally credited as the man who 'invented' modern literary criticism, so that all of his writings make a signal addition to the canon of his works. This selection provides a context for the evaluation of Empson's total literary output; and in many letters Empson seeks to defend his ideas against both published and personal attacks. This volume not only fills in all the missing links, it adds up to a completely new volume of critical writings by Empson. |
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... appear to neo-Christians.' However, Rodway related to me in a later year: 'when I replied that I was as atheistic as he was, and equally opposed to the Christian resurgence, the correspondence became amicable, and we had several ...
... appear to neo-Christians.' However, Rodway related to me in a later year: 'when I replied that I was as atheistic as he was, and equally opposed to the Christian resurgence, the correspondence became amicable, and we had several ...
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... John Crowe Ransom, ed. Thomas Daniel Young and George Core (1985), 387–9. WE, letter to Sylvan Barnet, 4 Jul. 1967 (carbon in Houghton). 49 The poor Warden deserves respect for appearing so firmly in xxxii introduction.
... John Crowe Ransom, ed. Thomas Daniel Young and George Core (1985), 387–9. WE, letter to Sylvan Barnet, 4 Jul. 1967 (carbon in Houghton). 49 The poor Warden deserves respect for appearing so firmly in xxxii introduction.
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John Haffenden. The poor Warden deserves respect for appearing so firmly in a white sheet, having to explain, while accepting rebuke for, a very good and clear parody. The only shame attaches to those who rebuked him, or presumed that ...
John Haffenden. The poor Warden deserves respect for appearing so firmly in a white sheet, having to explain, while accepting rebuke for, a very good and clear parody. The only shame attaches to those who rebuked him, or presumed that ...
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... appears flat and passive, not optimistic. The kindliness of the close is mixed up with palpable moping. The revised version, as finally received by Hayward, expresses much more purposiveness and vigour; it looks beyond the self, beyond ...
... appears flat and passive, not optimistic. The kindliness of the close is mixed up with palpable moping. The revised version, as finally received by Hayward, expresses much more purposiveness and vigour; it looks beyond the self, beyond ...
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... appears in the NED (though one would like more information) as a new development, so that it would be “modern slang”; the speaker appeals to the good sense of the hearer, or rather the common background which he can presume they share ...
... appears in the NED (though one would like more information) as a new development, so that it would be “modern slang”; the speaker appeals to the good sense of the hearer, or rather the common background which he can presume they share ...
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