William Empson letters and related materials, 1940-1975.

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William Empson letters and related materials, 1940-1975.

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The collection consists of five items: flier, titled William Empson by I.A. Richards, printed as a special note by Furioso magazine, 12 Jan. 1940; signed, typewritten letter to Professor Weintraub, 14 Oct. 1974, congratulating him and thanking him for a book; handwritten letter to Professor Mann, 3 Feb. 1975, thanking him for returning a book; note to Dear Mann, 12 Feb. 1975, offering to donate an extra copy of an unnamed book to the libraries; also, offprint of a book review by Empson, titled The Voice of the Underdog, about Wayne C. Booth's A Rhetoric of Irony, originally published in the Winter 1975 issue of The Journal of General Education, inscribed to Charles Mann, 1975.

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-....

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Stanley Weintraub was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1929. He earned a bachelor's degree in education at the West Chester State Teacher's College in 1949. He received his master's degree from Temple University "in absentia" because he was called to duty in the conflict in Korea two months prior to graduation. He spent two years in the Eighth Army where, as a first lieutenant, for his wartime service, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Korean Ribbon with five battle stars. Af...

Empson, William, 1906-1984

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English critic and teacher. From the description of Autograph and typed letters signed (29) : London, Sheffield, Worcester, Beijing, and Singapore, to John Davenport, 1940 Aug. 7-1966 Mar. 7 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870769 William Empson, born in 1791, was educated at Winchester and then studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. He began to contribute to the Edinburgh review in 1832 and from then until 1849 he wrote more than 60 articles on law, politics, a...

Booth, Wayne C.

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Richards, I.A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979

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Richards (1893-1979) was an English poet, literary critic and theorist. From the description of Poems, 1961 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84945619 Richards taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Ivor Armstrong Richards, 1940-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973268 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from I. A. Richards and his wife, Dorothea Richards. From the description...

Mann, Charles W. (Charles William), 1929-

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