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258 pages • first pub 1930 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780712645577
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Language: English
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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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258 pages • first pub 1930 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780712645577
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
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...