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William Empson : Essays on Shakespeare by William Empson (1986, Trade Paperback)

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Essays on Shakespeare, Paperback by Empson, William, ISBN 0521311500, ISBN-13 9780521311502, Brand New, Free shipping in the US A collection of essays on Shakespheare by the late poet and critic William Empson.

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At the time of his death in 1984, the poet and critic William Empson was preparing and revising a collection of his essays on Shakespeare. This collection edited by David Pirie, is a book which the literary world has wanted for over half a century. Here, in a single volume, are major readings of Hamlet and Macbeth; a witty and sometimes impassioned defence of Falstaff, and a new piece on the architecture of the Globe theatre and other Renaissance playhouses, in which Empson explores the problems that the design of contemporary stages posed for a working playwright; there are also essays on the narrative poems, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the last plays. The essays demonstrate the subtlety and agility of Empson's mind, as well as his remarkable breadth of knowledge, while the almost racy wit of his informal prose style argues for a literary criticism which should never become solemn if it is to be truly serious.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521311500
ISBN-13
9780521311502
eBay Product ID (ePID)
876571

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
260 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
William Empson : Essays on Shakespeare
Publication Year
1986
Subject
Shakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Author
William Empson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
85-029977
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
'Empson was a professor, but he had all the qualities that academics are often accused of lacking: he was humane, intense, eccentric, passionately hostile to Christianity, never dull, and very very clever â€¦ The blurb calls this book â€¦ a book which the literary world has wanted for half a century, and for once I think the publisher is not exaggerating. Today as much as ever, literary criticism needs its William Empsons.' The Spectator, 'Empson was a professor, but he had all the qualities that academics are often accused of lacking: he was humane, intense, eccentric, passionately hostile to Christianity, never dull, and very very clever ... The blurb calls this book ... a book which the literary world has wanted for half a century, and for once I think the publisher is not exaggerating. Today as much as ever, literary criticism needs its William Empsons.' The Spectator, 'Academic scholars may bar his way, but Empson wheedles past with his charm and common sense.' The Times Literary Supplement
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
822.3/3
Lc Classification Number
Pr2976 .E554 1986
Table of Content
Preface; Sources and acknowledgements; 1. The narrative poems; 2. Falstaff; 3. Hamlet; 4. Macbeth; 5. The Globe theatre; 6. Fairy flight in A Midsummer Night's Dream; 7. Hunt the symbol; Select bibliography.
Copyright Date
1986

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