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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). -- Minimally scuffed, otherwise good and clean exemplar. -- This wonderfully varied gathering of essays, reviews and memoirs by William Empson is an indispensable addition to the collected works. Passionate, controversial, illuminating, and - in Empson�s own words - �usually funny or rude�, this collection includes the best short pieces on Shakespeare, a sally on George Herbert, a defence of Coleridge, and an eager introduction to a French farce, as well as a group of incomparably witty autobiographical articles. In addition, this volume contains the text of Empson�s extraordinary Inaugural Lecture as Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University: an account of his teaching experiences in Japan and China. Equally anecdotal, sublimely serious and perfectly mischievous, is Empson�s story of staging his modern masque, The Birth of Steel, for Queen Elizabeth Il�s visit to Sheffield University in 1954. ISBN 9781850757818