The Structure of Complex Words

Empson, William

ISBN 10: 0674843754 / ISBN 13: 9780674843752

Published by Harvard University Press, 1989

About this Item

xiii, 450pp., appendices, index. Previous owner's name in pen to front free-endpaper. Otherwise excellent tight clean copy. BHS 03/25.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1742193553946

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Structure of Complex Words
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674843754
• ISBN 13: 9780674843752
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism
  • Linguistics

About this title

Synopsis

Cited in BCL3 . Reprint. Originally published in 1951. Contains a fairly long new introduction by Jonathan Culler. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Review

Mr. Empson...focuses on complex words because they are the most direct and valuable evidence for the understanding of our cultural tradition...The promise of the approach seems unbounded. The achievement is great not only in originality, insight, and entertainment, but in truth and substance. So great that Mr. Empson's right to be called the most distinguished critic of his generation can hardly now be questioned. -- Ian Watt "The Cambridge Review"