William Empson : among the Mandarins / John Haffenden.

William Empson (1906-1984) was the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century. He was a man of huge energy and curiosity and a genuine eccentric. The discovery of contraceptives in his possession at Cambridge led to his losing a fellowship, yet his first book, drafted while he was sti...

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Main Author: Haffenden, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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