William Empson: Essays on Renaissance Literature: Volume 1, Donne and the New Philosophy Paperback - Softcover

Empson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521483603 ISBN 13: 9780521483605

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

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This volume gathers some of William Empson's most passionate and controversial essays, including previously inaccessible pieces on influential Renaissance writers and scientists. 'Empson's achievement here as elsewhere comes from the generosity of spirit which made him consistently a great critic.' The New York Review of Books

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"Empson's achievement here as elsewhere comes from the generosity of spirit which made him consistently a great critic." New York Review of Books

"Some of these passages have a sweep as grand as Empson found in Donne." Times Literary Supplement

"...an insightful look into Empson the thinker." Eugene R. Cunner, English Language Notes

"Anybody who cares about human intelligence at work with literature is in Haffenden's debt." Book Review Digest

Product Description:

EMPSON, W. ESSAYS ON RENAISSANCE LITERATURE: DONNE AND THE NEW PHILOSOPHY. EDITED BY J.HAFFENDEN. CAMBRIDGE, 1995, xvi 296 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521483603
• ISBN 13: 9780521483605
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 316