Some Versions of Pastoral: Literary Criticism
Mr. Empson sees the pastoral convention as including not only poems of shepherd life but any work about the people but not by or for them. Finding examples in the writing of every country and century, from Mencius to William Faulkner or Céline, he concentrates on an analysis of certain works and forms in English literature, several of them, like Alice in Wonderland, Troilus and Cressida, and proletarian novels not traditionally considered pastoral. His chapter on Milton and Bentley is a precursor of Mr. Empson's 1961 book, Milton's God. With virtuoso clarity and perception throughout he brings the student to a new awareness of hidden values i…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8112-0038-7
- EAN: 9780811200387
- Produktnummer: 9638295
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1974
- Seitenangabe: 298 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.2 cm x D2.0 cm 318 g
- Gewicht: 318
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William Empson was a 20th century English literary critic and writer.
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