The Strengths of Shakespeare's Shrew

Essays, Memoirs and Reviews

By:

William Empson

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Hardback

Series:

Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

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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.

Author Biography:

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 London, and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Release date NZ

December 17th, 2015

Author

William Empson

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Edited by John Haffenden

Pages

272

Series

Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

Dimensions

156x234x16

ISBN-13

9781474247580

Product ID

23025430

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