{"product_id":"william-empson-william-empson-9780199659661","title":"William Empson: Some Versions of Pastoral","description":"William Empson is, alongside T. S. Eliot, the greatest genius among twentieth-century critics, and \u003cem\u003eSome Versions of Pastoral\u003c\/em\u003e is widely recognised as one of the most extraordinary works of the golden age of English literary criticism. Ranging with astonishing virtuosity between works of several centuries and moving purposefully between cultures, William Empson has dazzling things to say here about Shakespeare and the Elizabethan theatre, the political poetry of Marvell, Milton's \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, the complex satire of John Gay's \u003cem\u003eBeggar's Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, and the convoluted psychology at work in the \u003cem\u003eAlice\u003c\/em\u003e books of Lewis Carroll. The book is alert to questions of politics, psycho-analysis, and anthropology, and speaks to a wide range of contemporary concerns. Written in Empson's charismatically informal and wonderfully approachable voice, the book appeared in 1935 without footnotes or references. This edition is the first to identify the quotations and allusions, to explain the pertinence of his references, and to place the work within its Empsonian context. It is published with an appendix of other texts by Empson which illuminate the issues at work in the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Empson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199659664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199659661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.50d","brand":"William Empson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043402641663,"sku":"9780199659661","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_631b63ca-0743-4441-9729-a5ba8ea9e431.jpg?v=1684966940","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/william-empson-william-empson-9780199659661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}