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1、FollowingthesuccessinpaperbackofWilliamEmpson'sEssaysonShakespeare(1986),thisfirstvolumeofhisEssaysonRenaissanceLiterature(1993)nowappearsinanaccessibleformat.ThevolumegathersEmpson'spassionateandcontro-versialessaysonJohnDonneinthecontextofcontemporaryscience,andincludespreviouslyunpublis

2、hedpiecesonsomeofthemostinfluentialRenaissancewritersandscientists.AmongitsthemesaretheideologicalandethicalconflictsthatinspiredDonne'swork,andEmpsonshowshowthepoetwaspro-foundlyinspiredbynewscientificdiscoverieswhichhelpedformhisadvancedviewsonchurchandstate.Lucid,closelyargued,andprovoc

3、ative,thebookprovidesarichanalysisoftheRenaissancemindtornbetweenadefunctcosmologyandanewworldorder.EditedandintroducedbyleadingEmpsonscholarJohnHaffenden,thisisabookforanyoneinterestedinRenaissanceliteratureandphilosophy,thehistoryofscience,andthehistoryofliterarycriticism.ESSAYSONRENAISS

4、ANCELITERATUREVOLUMEONEWILLIAMEMPSONESSAYSONRENAISSANCELITERATUREEDITEDBYJOHNHAFFENDENProfessorofEnglishLiterature,UniversityofSheffieldVolumeoneDonneandthenewphilosophyCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSPublishedbythePressSyndicateoftheUniversityofCambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,Cambridge

5、CB2IRP40West20thStreet,NewYork,NYIOOI1-42II,USA10StamfordRoad,Oakleigh,Melbourne3166,AustraliaMaterialbyWilliamEmpson©LadyEmpson1993Introductionandnotes©JohnHaffenden1993Firstpublished1993Firstpaperbackedition1995AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressc

6、ataloguinginpublicationdataEmpson,William,1906-1984WilliamEmpson:essaysonrenaissanceliterature/editedbyJohnHaffenden.v.1.Includesindex.Contents:v.1.Donneandthenewphilosophy.ISBNo521440432(hardback)ISBNo521483603(paperback)1.Englishliterature-Earlymodern,1500-1700-Historyandcriticism.2.Rena

7、issance-England.1.Haffenden,John.11.Title.PR423.E56199382o.9'oo3-dc2o92-20647CIPISBNo521440432(hardback)ISBNo521483603(paperback)Transferredtodigitalprinting2002ContentsPrefacepageixSourcesandacknowledgementsxiiiIntroductionbyJohnHaffendeni1Donneandtherhetoric