{"product_id":"9781474247580","title":"Strengths of Shakespeare's Shrew Essays, Memoirs and Reviews","description":"\u003ch3\u003eShakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eStrengths of Shakespeare's Shrew\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEssays, Memoirs and Reviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Empson | John Haffenden\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Collections \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePassionate, 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir William Empson\u003c\/b\u003e was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works. He was Head of the English Department at the University of Sheffield, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Haffenden\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 December 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474247580\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331500114060,"sku":"9781474247580","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_8e070576-01f5-4fc0-bcb3-46e922f20981.jpg?v=1783597029","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474247580","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}