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Some versions of pastoral

Title
Some versions of pastoral / William Empson.
Author
Empson, William, 1906-1984.
Publication
New York : New Directions Pub. Corp., ©1974.

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TextRestricted use Berg Coll 22-800Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Scott, Owen
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
298 pages; 21 cm.
Series Statement
  • New Directions paperbook ; 92
  • NDP92
Subject
  • Pastoral literature, English > History and criticism
  • Country life in literature
  • Pastoral literature, English
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Originally published in 1935 by Chatto & Windus, London.
  • Includes index.
  • "A New Directions book" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Owen Scott.
Contents
Proletarian literature -- Double plots : heroic and pastoral in the main plot and sub-plot -- They that have power : Twist of heroic-pastoral ideas in Shakespeare into an ironical acceptance of aristocracy -- Marvell's garden : the ideal simplicity approached by resolving contradictions -- Milton and Bentley : the pastoral of the innocence of man and nature -- The beggar's opera : mock-pastoral as the cult of independence -- Alice in Wonderland : the child as swain.
Call Number
Berg Coll 22-800
ISBN
  • 0811200388
  • 9780811200387
LCCN
75306226
OCLC
1260687
Author
Empson, William, 1906-1984.
Title
Some versions of pastoral / William Empson.
Imprint
New York : New Directions Pub. Corp., ©1974.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Directions paperbook ; 92
NDP92
Indexed In:
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 84
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-800 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Owen Scott. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-800 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Copy in Berg Coll 22-800 is the third printing.
Copy in Berg Coll 22-800 has note "1974 larger formal reprint + new ©1974 for anew preface," laid in.
Added Author
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Scott, Owen, cover designer, bookjacket designer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Other Form:
Online version: Empson, William, 1906-1984. Some versions of pastoral. New York : New Directions Pub. Corp., ©1974 (OCoLC)745698110
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-800
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