Selected letters of William Empson / edited by John Haffenden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Empson, William, 1906-1984.

Contributor:

Haffenden, John.

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, English--20th century--Correspondence.

Poets, English.

Empson, William, 1906-1984--Correspondence.

Empson, William.

Physical Description:

lxi, 729 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

All readers of literary history and criticism will benefit from this edition of letters by William Empson, one of the foremost writers and critics of the twentieth century. This correspondence shows him working out his ideas for all of his major books as well as complementary studies in writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Donne, Marvell, Coleridge, and Joyce. The edition also gives the fullest possible picture of his robust interactions with many other prominentwriters, including the likes of F. R. Leavis, Helen Gardner, Frank Kermode, Christopher Norris, and I. A. Richards.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Note on the Text

Table of Dates

List of Recipients and Dates

TEXT OF LETTERS

Glossary of Names

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-90387-2

0-19-156942-9

OCLC:

922903790