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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Personal correspondence Correspondence |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Empson, William, 1906-1984. Selected letters of William Empson. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006002534 |
Named Person: | William Empson; William Empson |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Empson; John Haffenden |
ISBN: | 9780191569425 0191569429 9786610903870 6610903875 1280903872 9781280903878 |
OCLC Number: | 252677470 |
Language Note: | English. |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (lxi, 729 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the Text; Table of Dates; List of Recipients and Dates; TEXT OF LETTERS; Glossary of Names; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
Other Titles: | Correspondence. |
Responsibility: | edited by John Haffenden. |
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This is a splendid book. There is something to enjoy on every page. * The Review of English Studies, Vol. 58, no. 233 * Few critics have done more for poetry than Empson (1906-1984); few have led stranger or more adventurous lives.... Empson's travels make entertaining reading.... The main reason for reading Empson's own writings is to see what he made of the authors he cherished. (He was the best reader Donne ever had.)... In an era when readers debate whether poetry matters, it helps to remember a man who defended it, and pursued his own arguments about it, even to the ends of theearth. * New York Times Book Review * this edition is authoritative. impeccable and very usable. * Stefan Collini, Times Literary Supplement * No collection of letters by any writer I'm aware of comes even close to matching these 50 years worth of continuing argument about literature, the criticism and teaching of which made up Empson's life * Washinton Times * These letters give us more of the Empson we know from the prose, and like the prose they are a startling education in what reading can be, and why it might matter. * Adam Phillips, London Review of Books * superlative * Ian Donaldson Australian Book Review * John Haffenden's fine edition of Empson's Selected Letters contains many gems...One of the many strengths and pleasures of this edition is the way in which Haffenden's editorial labours allow us to situate Empson's line of thought. * Matthew Bevis, The Cambridge Quarterley * Read more...

