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William Empson : prophet against sacrifice / Paul H. Fry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fry, Paul H.
- Series:
- Critics of the twentieth century (London, England)
- Critics of the twentieth century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Empson, William, 1906-1984--Knowledge--Literature.
- Empson, William.
- English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English literature.
- Criticism--England--History--20th century.
- Criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- William Empson: Prophet Against Sacrifice provides the most coherent account of Empson's diverse career to date. While exploring the richness of Empson's comic genius, Paul H. Fry serves to discredit the appropriation of his name in recent polemic by the conflicting parties of deconstruction and politicized cultural criticism. He argues that Empson is a larger, more important figure than the orthodox in either camp can acknowledge, deserving to be considered alongside such versatile critics as Walter Benjamin, Kenneth Burke and Roland Barthes.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Editor's foreword; Preface and acknowledgments; Texts frequently cited; Introduction: the scapegoat and the word; Satanic criticism: Empson and the Romantic tradition; Advancing logical disorder: Empson on method; Toward late Empson: the failure of pastoral; Middle Spirits and Empson's chain of being; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-168) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-97443-4
- 1-134-97444-2
- 1-280-33059-7
- 0-203-06925-0
- 9780203069257
- OCLC:
- 275193462
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