LEADER 03176nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910451383703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780199274408 010 $a1-280-75844-9 010 $a0-19-153484-6 010 $a1-4294-7085-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473557 035 $a(EBL)416049 035 $a(OCoLC)476246829 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272091 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222723 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272091 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10304368 035 $a(PQKB)11695315 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC416049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4786575 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL416049 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271602 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4786575 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75844 035 $a(OCoLC)1024255400 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473557 100 $a20060626d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWilliam Empson$b[electronic resource] $eagainst the Christians /$fJohn Haffenden 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (836 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-953992-8 311 $a0-19-927660-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [673]-770) and index. 327 $aThe 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 -- Me?nage 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. 330 $aThis is the concluding volume of a biography of William Empson, one of the foremost poets and literary critics of the twentieth century. It covers his turbulent years writing wartime propaganda for the BBC, through his return to China in the later 1940's to his time at Sheffield University, when he engaged all the more energetically in public controversy. - ;Following the acclaimed first volume, Among the Mandarins, this is the second and concluding volume of the authorized biography of William Empson, one of the foremost poets and literary critics of the twentieth century. Against the Christian 606 $aPoets, English$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aCriticism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCritics$zGreat Britain$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoets, English 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aCritics 676 $a810.9/5092 700 $aHaffenden$b John$0222537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451383703321 996 $aWilliam Empson$91904227 997 $aUNINA