William Empson, Volume I: Among the Mandarins
- ISBN-10
- 019953991X
- ISBN-13
- 9780199539918
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 720
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01-22
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- John Haffenden
Description
William Empson (1906-1984) was the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century. A man of huge energy and curiosity, he was a genius and a genuine eccentric. His public life and travels took him through many of the major events of the modern world - including the rise of imperialism in Japan, the Sino-Japanese war, wartime propaganda for the BBC, and the Chinese civil war. This authoritative and compelling account is the first of two volumes exploringhis remarkable life and work.
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