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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784057403321

Autore

Fry Paul H.

Titolo

William Empson : prophet against sacrifice / / Paul H. Fry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1991

ISBN

1-134-97443-4

1-134-97444-2

1-280-33059-7

0-203-06925-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

Critics of the twentieth century

Disciplina

801/.95/092

Soggetti

English literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Criticism - England - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.