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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795860403321

Autore

Haffenden John

Titolo

William Empson [[electronic resource] ] : against the Christians / / John Haffenden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-383-04203-9

1-280-75844-9

9780199274408

1-4294-7085-2

0-19-153484-6

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

810.9/5092

Soggetti

Poets, English - 20th century

Criticism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Critics - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [673]-770) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.