Seven types of ambiguity

Author(s)

• Empson, William

Bibliographic Information

Seven types of ambiguity

William Empson

Hogarth, 1984, c1953

[3rd ed.]

Note

Originaly published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1953

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Citing authors as diverse as Chaucer, Milton, Pope, Hopkins and T.S. Eliot, Empson analyzes the use of ambiguity, illuminating the strategies of individual writers and creating a theory of poetic practice in general. This book was first published in 1930.

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• NCID: BA10534275
• ISBN:
  • 0701205563
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 258 p.
• Size: 20cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR502
  • DC19 : 821/.009
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Poetry in English, to 1930 - Marxist viewpoints
  • LCSH : English poetry -- History and criticism