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William Empson [electronic resource] : against the Christians / John Haffenden.

By: Haffenden, John.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xxii, 797 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.Other title: Against the Christians.Subject(s): Empson, William, 1906-1984 | Poets, English -- 20th century -- Biography | Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Critics -- Great Britain -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 810.9/5092 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The BBC war -- The war within the BBC -- Chinabound -- Sounding the south : Kenyon College, Summer 1948 -- Siege and liberation -- The new China -- Changes in China, and Kenyon again -- Quitting Communist China -- Final reckoning : the affair of Fei Hsiao-t'ung -- 'A mighty raspberry' : the structure of complex words -- Homing to Yorkshire -- From poetry to the queen -- Ménage à trois -- The antiChristian : Milton's God -- 'They think good literature is a tremendous scolding' : from Sheffield to Legon -- The road to retirement -- Rescuing Donne and Coleridge -- Roamings in retirement : from Toronto to Miami -- Faustus : finale.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [673]-770) and index.

The BBC war -- The war within the BBC -- Chinabound -- Sounding the south : Kenyon College, Summer 1948 -- Siege and liberation -- The new China -- Changes in China, and Kenyon again -- Quitting Communist China -- Final reckoning : the affair of Fei Hsiao-t'ung -- 'A mighty raspberry' : the structure of complex words -- Homing to Yorkshire -- From poetry to the queen -- Ménage à trois -- The antiChristian : Milton's God -- 'They think good literature is a tremendous scolding' : from Sheffield to Legon -- The road to retirement -- Rescuing Donne and Coleridge -- Roamings in retirement : from Toronto to Miami -- Faustus : finale.

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