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Seven Types of Ambiguity

Seven Types of Ambiguity

William Empson info

First published 1930

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The author

William Empson

1906–1984 · English literary critic and poet

Profession
Poet, Literary critic
Worked at
University of Sheffield
Studied at
Cambridge
Prizes
Fellow of the British Academy

Wrote Seven Types of Ambiguity while still a student.

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Editions

8 editions · 1 hardcover, 0 paperback

First published 1930

Earliest edition listed: 1949 · New Directions

  • 1949 · New Directions
  • 1961 · Penguin.
  • 1963 · Chatto and Windus
  • 1963 · Chatto and Windus
  • 2004 · Penguin Random House · ISBN 9780712645577
  • 2007 · Read Books · ISBN 9781406769517
  • 2008 · Seabrook Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9781443731126
  • 2018 · Blurb · ISBN 9781388201807

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Subjects

English literature