Selected Letters of William EmpsonOUP Oxford, 2006 M03 9 - 729 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 marriageand 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 upto a completely new volume of critical writings by Empson. |
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... poet . ) My substitution gives : " Both poet and critic are bright social talkers . " That is , being a bright social talker refers to a poet's or critic's writing , not to his social gifts as an ordinary person . The copula may be ...
... poet . ) My substitution gives : " Both poet and critic are bright social talkers . " That is , being a bright social talker refers to a poet's or critic's writing , not to his social gifts as an ordinary person . The copula may be ...
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... poet W. S. Graham , in pubs in London , and urged to get onto you at once , but then I heard that the decision about the resident poet in Leeds had already been made ; and I was already aware that my position in the matter was weak ...
... poet W. S. Graham , in pubs in London , and urged to get onto you at once , but then I heard that the decision about the resident poet in Leeds had already been made ; and I was already aware that my position in the matter was weak ...
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... poet quickly , before he died ; naturally he discusses aesthetic methods more than the other Romantic poets of his time . How is he to become a great poet - by joining the political agitations which all his friends tell him are urgent ...
... poet quickly , before he died ; naturally he discusses aesthetic methods more than the other Romantic poets of his time . How is he to become a great poet - by joining the political agitations which all his friends tell him are urgent ...
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