Some Versions of Pastoral

Name: Some Versions of Pastoral
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ISBN: 9780811200387

ISBN-10: 0811200388

ISBN-13: 9780811200387

Edition: 1960

Authors: William Empson

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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 in individual works and to the creative…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1960
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 1/17/1974
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English