William Empson, Volume I
William Empson, Volume I

Author: John Haffenden

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-01-22

Total Pages: 734

ISBN-13: 019953991X

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John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work.

The Classics and Colonial India
The Classics and Colonial India

Author: Phiroze Vasunia

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-05-16

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0199203237

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Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this book provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers, and highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity.