William Empson: Essays on Shakespeare

by William Empson

Book Overview

At the time of his death in 1984, the poet and critic William Empson was preparing and revising a collection of his essays on Shakespeare. This collection edited by David Pirie, is a book which the literary world has wanted for over half a century. Here, in a single volume, are major readings of Hamlet and Macbeth; a witty and sometimes impassioned defence of Falstaff, and a new piece on the architecture of the Globe theatre and other Renaissance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521311500
• ISBN13: 9780521311502
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"