William Empson: Essays on Renaissance Literature: Volume 2, The Drama

"Are we, by now, scraping the barrel? Not really. For one thing, as in several previous posthumous volumes, John Haffenden's careful editing and footnoting judiciously counterbalance Empson's giddier flights. And when that is done, we are left with writing that again and again startles and refreshes. Empson worked at not being boring. His claim that he rewrote everything he printed about twelve times is a reminder of how carefully he crafted his apparent casualness."William Empson is the author of 'William Empson: Essays on Renaissance Literature: Volume 2, The Drama', published 1994 under ISBN 9780521440448 and ISBN 0521440440.