Editore: OUP Oxford, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: OUP Oxford, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: OUP Oxford, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199539928 ISBN 13: 9780199539925
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
Da: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Following the acclaimed first volume, Among the Mandarins, this is the second and concluding volume of the authorized biography of William Empson, one of the foremost poets and literary critics of the twentieth century.Against the Christians begins during the Second World War and follows Empson\'s turbulent years of writing wartime propaganda for the BBC. As Chinese Editor, he organized broadcasts to China and propaganda programs for the Home Service, during which time his friends and colleagues included the prickly George Orwell. The effectiveness of Empson\'s work for the BBC provoked the Nazi propagandist Hans Fritzsche to call him a \"curly-headed Jew\"--a charge which gave him enormous satisfaction.In 1947 he returned to China, where he was caught up in the Communist siege of Peking and witnessed Mao Tse-tung\'s triumphant entry. \"I was there for the honeymoon between the universities and the communists; we were being kept up to the mark rather firmly.\" He saw \"the dragooning of independent thought and the hysteria of the confession meetings.\" In the late 1940s he also taught in the USA, where he relished the irony of his situation. \"My position here really seems to me very dramatic; there can be few other people in the world who are receiving pay simultaneously and without secrecy from the Chinese Communists, the British Socialists, and the capitalist Rockefeller machine.\"\'From 1953 to 1971 he held the Chair of English Literature at Sheffield, where he engaged more vigorously than ever before in public controversy, being driven by a desire to correct the wrong-headed orthodoxies of modern literary criticism--most notably \"neo-Christianity.\" He acquired massive publicity for his views on the wickedness of Christianity when he published Milton\'s God in 1961: \"The poem is wonderful because it is an awful warning. The effort of reconsidering Milton\'s God, who makes the poem so good just because he is so sickeningly bad, is a basic one for the European mind.\" Haffenden presents a full account of the work on Milton, along with analyses of Empson\'s many other writings on subjects including Marlowe, Donne, Marvell, and Coleridge, and The Structure of Complex Words (1951).In a full and candid study of the public and private Empson, John Haffenden enables the reader to understand one of the most gifted, eccentric, witty, and controversial figures of our age--a giant of modern literature and criticism.
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199539928 ISBN 13: 9780199539925
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199539928 ISBN 13: 9780199539925
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Editore: OUP Oxford, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199539928 ISBN 13: 9780199539925
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199539928 ISBN 13: 9780199539925
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0199539928 ISBN 13: 9780199539925
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
Prima edizione
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
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Editore: Oxford University Press,, Oxford,, 2005
ISBN 10: 0199276595 ISBN 13: 9780199276592
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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2005 [&] 2006, 2006
Da: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
1st edn. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective covers). Pp. xxi + 695 [&] xxii + 797, illus with b&w plates (some light pencil annotations in margins of vol I).
Editore: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005 and 2006, 2005
ISBN 10: 0199276595 ISBN 13: 9780199276592
Da: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Two Volumes 8vo., black clothbound hardbacks, gilt, with unclipped dust jackets; Vol I: [xxi] + 695pp, indexed; Vol II: [xxii] + 797pp, indexed; both Vols illus with b/w plates. Vol I has occasional pencil notes and underlining within text plus extensive pencil notes to rear endpapers, handling marks to ffep and foredge, tape residue to and small scuff to boards, light foxing to top edge; Vol II is a clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation, very light foxing to top edge. Vol I overall Good/VG, Vol II VG/VG. (SHELF 243) ISBN: 0199276595 AND ISBN: 9780199276608 NOTE: Heavy Set (2.7 kg+): postage outside the UK might incur a surcharge. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Editore: PRACTITIONER LAW, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
Gebunden. Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This is the concluding volume of a biography of William Empson, one of the foremost poets and literary critics of the twentieth century. It covers his turbulent years writing wartime propaganda for the BBC, through his return to China in the later 1940s to .
Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
Da: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
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Editore: Oxford University Press, USA Dez 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0199276609 ISBN 13: 9780199276608
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Following the acclaimed first volume, Among the Mandarins, this is the second and concluding volume of the authorized biography of William Empson, one of the foremost poets and literary critics of the twentieth century. Against the Christians begins during the Second World War and follows Empson's turbulent years of writing wartime propaganda for the BBC. As Chinese Editor, he organized broadcasts to China and propaganda programs for the Home Service, during which time his friends and colleagues included theprickly George Orwell. The effectiveness of Empson's work for the BBC provoked the Nazi propagandist Hans Fritzsche to call him a 'curly-headed Jew'--a charge which gave him enormous satisfaction. In 1947 he returned to China, where he was caught up in the Communist siege of Peking and witnessed Mao Tse-tung's triumphant entry. 'I was there for the honeymoon between the universities and the communists; we were being kept up to the mark rather firmly.' He saw 'the dragooning of independentthought and the hysteria of the confession meetings.' In the late 1940s he also taught in the USA, where he relished the irony of his situation. 'My position here really seems to me very dramatic; there can be few other people in the world who are receiving pay simultaneously and without secrecyfrom the Chinese Communists, the British Socialists, and the capitalist Rockefeller machine.'' From 1953 to 1971 he held the Chair of English Literature at Sheffield, where he engaged more vigorously than ever before in public controversy, being driven by a desire to correct the wrong-headed orthodoxies of modern literary criticism--most notably 'neo-Christianity.' He acquiredmassivepublicity for his views on the wickedness of Christianity when he published Milton's God in 1961: 'The poem is wonderful because it is an awful warning. The effort of reconsidering Milton's God, who makes the poem so good just because he is so sickeningly bad, is a basic.