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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... mean that he was exposing false doctrine.42 In the context of such a grave issue as the evilness of Christianity, and given that Empson was in moral earnest in denouncing it, 'blow 39 40 WE, undated letter headed 'Coleridge' (carbon in ...
... mean that he was exposing false doctrine.42 In the context of such a grave issue as the evilness of Christianity, and given that Empson was in moral earnest in denouncing it, 'blow 39 40 WE, undated letter headed 'Coleridge' (carbon in ...
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... mean-minded jabber of this type might do if the man would sign his name, but it is quite incompatible with the principles of an anonymous review.50 His letter went to press (8 March 1974) before he managed to submit some slight ...
... mean-minded jabber of this type might do if the man would sign his name, but it is quite incompatible with the principles of an anonymous review.50 His letter went to press (8 March 1974) before he managed to submit some slight ...
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... mean vulgar, unrefined and eventually low-class'.60 From a surprisingly early year, wrote Williams, 'common' has been utilized as a marker of social division. Empson, in a review of Williams's book, noted in passing: 'I think there ...
... mean vulgar, unrefined and eventually low-class'.60 From a surprisingly early year, wrote Williams, 'common' has been utilized as a marker of social division. Empson, in a review of Williams's book, noted in passing: 'I think there ...
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... means meant to imply that I have had the pick of every possible Empson missive: that is not the case (it would be ... mean a prompt new departure. In 1962, Empson exchanged letters with the classicist Sir Denys Page (Regius Professor ...
... means meant to imply that I have had the pick of every possible Empson missive: that is not the case (it would be ... mean a prompt new departure. In 1962, Empson exchanged letters with the classicist Sir Denys Page (Regius Professor ...
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... means'; usually the effect of the passage involves the word meaning all three and more. Passages in The Windhover in the same way mean both the opposites created by their context, it seems plain; [I. A.] Richards* said that once, and ...
... means'; usually the effect of the passage involves the word meaning all three and more. Passages in The Windhover in the same way mean both the opposites created by their context, it seems plain; [I. A.] Richards* said that once, and ...
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