William Empson: Essays on Renaissance Literature: Volume 1, Donne and the New Philosophy (Paperback, New Ed)

Following the success in paperback of William Empson's Essays on Shakespeare (1986), this first volume of his Essays on Renaissance Literature (1993) now appears in an accessible format. The volume gathers Empson's passionate and controversial essays on John Donne in the context of contemporary science, and includes previously unpublished pieces on some of the most influential Renaissance writers and scientists. Edited and introduced by leading Empson scholar John Haffenden, this is a book for anyone interested in the Renaissance, the history of science, and the history of literary criticism. 'Some of these passages have a sweep as grand as Empson found in Donne.' Eric Griffiths, The Times Literary Supplement '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

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	1993
Authors:	William Empson
Editors:	John Haffenden
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	316
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-48360-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
LSN:	0-521-48360-3
Barcode:	9780521483605

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