Some versions of Empson [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Matthew Bevis

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 821.912
• Soggetto topico: English literature - History and criticism; Critics - Great Britain
• Altri autori: BevisMatthew
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Notes on the Contributors; 1. Introduction: Empson in the Round; 2. Argufying and the Generation Gap; 3. Empson, Piaget, and Child Logic in Wartime; 4. C. Hatakeyama and W.E.; 5. Empson and the Gifts of China; 6. Coleridge, Christ, and Contradiction in Empson; 7. Empson's God; 8. Alice and Ulysses's Bough: Nonsense in Empson; 9. Empson's Tact; 10. Hermeneutic Circling: Empson, Rosemund Tuve, and the 'Wimsatt Law'; 11. The Machinery of a Rich and Full Response: Empson as Philosopher-Critic ; 12. Monogamy and the Next Step? Empson and the Future of Love in Einstein's Universe13. Empson's Pregnancy; 14. An Interview with William Empson; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: William Empson was one the most important poet-critics of the twentieth century. Following on recent scholarly developments and the centenary of his birth in 2006 there has been a resurgence of interest in his work. In this book of critical essays on Empson - the first in over a decade - fourteen scholars consider the full range of his work, studying his poetry alongside his criticism in order to reassess the scale of his achievement. - ;William Empson was one of the most important poet-critics of the twentieth century, and continues to influence and inspire writers from many divergent critica
• Titolo autorizzato: Some versions of Empson
• ISBN: 1-383-04322-1; 1-281-15426-1; 9786611154264; 0-19-153672-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782493903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II