Seven Types of Ambiguity by William Empson

Seven Types of Ambiguity

William Empson

256 pages first pub 1930 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 th...

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