| Seven Types of Ambiguity Contributor(s): Empson, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 081120037X ISBN-13: 9780811200370 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1966 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 808.1 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.21" W x 7.89" (0.64 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Revised twice since it first appeared, it has remained one of the most widely read and quoted works of literary analysis. Ambiguity, according to Empson, includes any verbal nuance, however slight, which gives room for alternative reactions to the same piece of language. From this definition, broad enough by his own admission sometimes to see stretched absurdly far, he launches into a brilliant discussion, under seven classifications of differing complexity and depth, of such works, among others, as Shakespeare's plays and the poetry of Chaucer, Donne, Marvell, Pope, Wordsworth, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and T. S. Eliot. |
Contributor Bio(s): Empson, William: - William Empson was a 20th century English literary critic and writer. |