Seven Types of Ambiguity by William Empson
Seven Types of Ambiguity

William Empson

Seven Types of Ambiguity

William Empson

258 pages first pub 1930 (view editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In his enjoyable readings of ambiguity, puns and paradox, Empson draws on a variety of authors from Chaucer to Eliot, illuminating the strategies of individual writers and creating a brilliant general theory of poetic practice: wide ranging, witty...

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