02051nam 2200469 a 450 991080792790332120240102112646.01-383-04203-91-280-75844-997801992744081-4294-7085-20-19-153484-6(CKB)24235075000041(Au-PeEL)EBL416049(CaPaEBR)ebr10271602(OCoLC)476246829(MiAaPQ)EBC416049(EXLCZ)992423507500004120060626d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||William Empson[electronic resource] against the Christians /John HaffendenOxford ;New York Oxford University Press2006xxii, 797 p., [16] p. of plates illIncludes bibliographical references (p. [673]-770) and index.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.Against the ChristiansPoets, English20th centuryBiographyCriticismGreat BritainHistory20th centuryCriticsGreat BritainBiographyPoets, EnglishCriticismHistoryCritics810.9/5092Haffenden John222537MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807927903321William Empson3930194UNINA