Some versions of Empson / edited by Matthew Bevis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bevis, Matthew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Empson, William, 1906-1984--Criticism and interpretation.

Empson, William.

Empson, William, 1906-1984.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 341 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

William Empson was one of the most important poet-critics of the twentieth century, and continues to influence and inspire writers from many divergent critical traditions. Following on recent scholarly developments, this timely collection of essays provides a fully-rounded examination of Empson's life, work, inheritance, and influence.

This is the first volume of critical essays on Empson to be published in over a decade, and the first to consider the full range of his work, studying his poetry alongside his criticism in order to reassess the scale of his achievement. It also includes the first publication of a substantial interview with Empson in 1970, in which he looks back over his career and discusses the composition and reception of his work. The collection examines Empson's oeuvre from a variety of angles-aesthetic, philosophical, psychological, linguistic, scientific, socio-political, religious, and sexual-and features essays from an outstanding line-up of emerging and established scholars.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Empson in the Round / Matthew Bevis 1

2 Argufying and the Generation Gap / Deborah Bowman 21

3 Empson, Piaget, and Child Logic in Wartime / Adam Piette 42

4 C. Hatakeyama and W.E. / Peter Robinson 60

5 Empson and the Gifts of China / Jason Harding 84

6 Coleridge, Christ, and Contradiction in Empson / Seamus Perry 104

7 Empson's God / Eric Griffiths 131

8 Alice and Ulysses's Bough: Nonsense in Empson / Hugh Haughton 158

9 Empson's Tact / Matthew Creasy 182

10 Hermeneutic Circling: Empson, Rosemund Tuve, and the 'Wimsatt Law' / Paul Fry 201

11 The Machinery of a Rich and Full Response: Empson as Philosopher-Critic / Christopher Norris 217

12 Monogamy and the Next Step? Empson and the Future of Love in Einstein's Universe / Katy Price 242

13 Empson's Pregnancy / Susan Wolfson 264

14 An Interview with William Empson / Christopher Norris, David B. Wilson, Introduced by David B. Wilson, annotations by John Haffenden 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199286362

0199286361

OCLC:

144596119