Seven Types of Ambiguity (Paperback)

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First published in 1930, Seven Types of Ambiguity has long been recognized as a landmark in the history of English literary criticism.


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.

About the Author


William Empson was a 20th century English literary critic and writer.

Praise For…


...a brilliant poet-critic, equally gifted in both departments.
— New York Times Book Review


Product Details
ISBN: 9780811200370
ISBN-10: 081120037X
Publisher: New Directions
Publication Date:
Pages: 256
Language: English