LEADER 03432nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910777951103321 005 20230721021810.0 010 $a1-282-26860-0 010 $a9786612268601 010 $a0-19-157051-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000766012 035 $a(EBL)453611 035 $a(OCoLC)426050282 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228803 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305148 035 $a(PQKB)11771258 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453611 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4700920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453611 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10317720 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4700920 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226860 035 $a(OCoLC)1024276364 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000766012 100 $a20080305h20092005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWilliam Empson$hVolume I$iAmong the Mandarins$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn Haffenden 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2009,c2005 215 $a1 online resource (734 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-953991-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; 1. Introduction; 2. In the Blood: Sir Richard Empson, Professor William, and John Henry; 3. 'A horrid little boy, airing my views'; 4. 'Owl Empson'; 5. 'Did I, I wonder, talk too much?'; 6. 'Mr Empson gave a very competent performance': The Multiple Man of Letters; 7. 'His presence spellbound us all': The Experiment Group; 8. The Making of Seven Types of Ambiguity: Influence and Integrity; 9. 'Those Particular Vices': Crisis, Expulsion, and Aftermath; 10. Seven Types of Ambiguity: The Critical Reception; 11. The Trials of Tokyo 327 $a12. Poems 193513. Scapegoat and Sacrifice: Some Versions of Pastoral; 14. 'Waiting for the end, boys': Politics, Poets, and Mass-Observation; 15. Camping Out: China, 1937-1938; 16. 'The savage life and the fleas and the bombs': China, 1938-1939; 17. Postscript; APPENDIX: FURTHER FAMOUS FOREBEARS; NOTES; INDEX 330 $aJohn Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. - ;William Empson was the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century. He was a man of huge energy and curiosity, and a genuine eccentric who remained imperturbable in the face of all the extraordinary circumstances in which he found himself. The discovery of contraceptives in his possession by a bedmaker at Cambr 606 $aBritish$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCriticism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCritics$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aPoets, English$y20th century$vBiography 615 0$aBritish$xHistory 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aCritics 615 0$aPoets, English 676 $a801.95092 700 $aHaffenden$b John$0222537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777951103321 996 $aWilliam Empson$93805879 997 $aUNINA