The Strengths of Shakespeare's Shrew: Essays, Memoirs and Reviews

By William Empson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147424758X
• ISBN13: 9781474247580
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"