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Genre/Form: | Correspondence Personal correspondence |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Empson, William, 1906-1984. Selected letters of William Empson. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (OCoLC)607815918 |
Named Person: | William Empson; William Empson |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William Empson; John Haffenden |
ISBN: | 0199286841 9780199286843 |
OCLC Number: | 63179032 |
Description: | lxi, 729 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Abbreviations x -- Introduction xiii -- Note on the Text l -- Table of Dates lii -- List of Recipients and Dates lvii -- Text Of Letters -- Glossary of Names 685 -- Index 711. |
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...

