Seven Types of Ambiguity
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081120037X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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“a brilliant poet-critic, equally gifted in both departments.” (New York Times Book Review)
Blockhed Blockhed said Gospel. This is one of the finest introductions to the power of words ever written. I read it when I was the same age as the author, and it etched itself on my mind. I cannot think of a more convincing analysis of how poetry works, beyond the simplicities of rhyme and rhythm. Poet. "A distinct lack of quality control" according to Words. This book starts on page 225 and when it reaches page 256, starts over at page 17. Then, at the end, it repeats pages 225 to 256. Was there any quality control for this 'new' book?. "People get hacked by language in print" according to epic phlegm Hooha. Literary life is so full of language that we can't quite make out what is going on, but imaginations can dwell on the anaconda upchuck that inspired enough creative tension to keep producing words on a page. The examples in this book provide an education in thug to goon wa
William Empson was a 20th century English literary critic and writer.
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. Eliot.. S. 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