Michael Dirda at the Washington Post reviews John Haffenden’s William Empson Volume II: Against the Christians.
This is the second, and final, volume of John Haffenden’s monumental biography of the 20th century’s most dazzling and original literary critic.
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William Empson: Against the Christians is even better than Haffenden’s first volume, rich in anecdote and scandal, with superb summaries of the difficult later criticism, and honestly affectionate.
