The Complete Poems
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2001
Summary
Empson’s poetry is widely regarded as occupying a central place in twentieth-century literature. Empson has long been applauded for the dazzling intelligence and emotional passion of his poems. Praised in his lifetime by the likes of T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and John Betjeman, his reputation continues to be high. His poems take a wide range of themes from metaphysics to melancholy, social climbing to political satire, and from love to loss.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140189629 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140189629 |
| Author: | William Empson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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William Empson
William Empson is well-known for his landmark in literary criticism Seven Types of Ambiguity (written at the tender age of 24) but his poetry is regarded as his greatest literary achievement. His academic career was varied and distinguished and throughout the course of his life he published widely. John Haffenden is recognised as being the foremost authority writing on Empson today. He has written a number of books, and is currently working on a biography of Empson.
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