William Empson
Subtitle: against the Christians
By: John Haffenden.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 797
ISBN-13: 9780199276608
Subjects: Empson, William, -- 1906-1984; Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Against the Christians
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [673]-770) and index.
Table of contents: title: The BBC war; title: The war within the BBC; title: Chinabound; title: Sounding the south : Kenyon College, Summer 1948; title: Siege and liberation; title: The new China; title: Changes in China, and Kenyon again; title: Quitting Communist China; title: Final reckoning : the affair of Fei Hsiao-t'ung; title: 'A mighty raspberry' : the structure of complex words; title: Homing to Yorkshire; title: From poetry to the queen; title: Ménage à trois; title: The antiChristian : Milton's God; title: 'They think good literature is a tremendous scolding' : from Sheffield to Legon; title: The road to retirement; title: Rescuing Donne and Coleridge; title: Roamings in retirement : from Toronto to Miami; title: Faustus : finale.