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The Strengths of Shakespeare´s Shrew: Essays, Memoirs and Reviews
William Empson
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Description for The Strengths of Shakespeare´s Shrew: Essays, Memoirs and Reviews
Hardback. Originally published in 1996 by Mansell Publishing Limited. Editor(s): Haffenden, John. Series: Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 531.
Passionate, controversial and illuminating – this collection contains Empson’s best short pieces on Shakespeare, a sally on George Herbert, a defence of Coleridge, and an eager introduction to a French farce, a group of incomparably witty autobiographical articles, and the text to his extraordinary Inaugural Lecture as Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University.
Passionate, controversial and illuminating – this collection contains Empson’s best short pieces on Shakespeare, a sally on George Herbert, a defence of Coleridge, and an eager introduction to a French farce, a group of incomparably witty autobiographical articles, and the text to his extraordinary Inaugural Lecture as Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474247580
SKU
V9781474247580
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About William Empson
Sir William Empson was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works. He was Head of the English Department at the University of Sheffield, UK. John Haffenden is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of ... Read more
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