William Empson. Against the Christians / John Haffenden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haffenden, John, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Empson, William, 1906-1984.

Empson, William.

Critics--Great Britain--Biography.

Critics.

Physical Description:

xxii, 797 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.

Other Title:

Against the Christians

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

William Empson (1906-1984) was one of the foremost English literary critics of the twentieth century. His public life and travels involved him in many of the major events of the modern world. This compelling account is the second of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work.

Contents:

The BBC war

The war within the BBC

Chinabound

Sounding the south : Kenyon College, Summer 1948

Siege and liberation

The new China

Changes in China, and Kenyon again

Quitting Communist China

Final reckoning : the affair of Fei Hsiao-t'ung

'A mighty raspberry' : the structure of complex words

Homing to Yorkshire

From poetry to the queen

Menage a trois

The antiChristian : Milton's God

'They think good literature is a tremendous scolding' : from Sheffield to Legon

The road to retirement

Rescuing Donne and Coleridge

Roamings in retirement : from Toronto to Miami

Faustus : finale.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-383-04203-9

1-280-75844-9

9780199274408

1-4294-7085-2

0-19-153484-6

OCLC:

476246829