William Empson

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Gender	Male
Death	40 years ago
Date of birth	September 27,1906
Zodiac sign	Libra
Born	Yokefleet
	United Kingdom
Date of died	April 15,1984
Died	London
	United Kingdom
Spouse	Hetta Empson
Style	New Criticism
Job	Poet
	Literary critic
Education	Winchester College
	Magdalene College, Cambridge
	University of Cambridge
Current partner	Hetta Empson
Children	[William Hendrick] Mogador Empson
Parents	Arthur Reginald Empson
Date of Reg.	2019-02-27 21:01:36
Date of Upd.	2023-07-18 10:51:30
ID	477184

Seven Types of Ambiguity
Milton's God
The structure of complex words
Some versions of pastoral
The Face of the Buddha
complete poems of William Empson
William Empson: Essays on Shakespeare
Using biography
Argufying
book, film & theatre reviews of William Empson
The royal beasts and other works
Collected Poems
The strengths of Shakespeare's shrew
English Pastoral Poetry
William Empson: Essays on Renaissance Literature: Volume 2, The Drama
William Empson: Essays on Renaissance Literature: Volume 1, Donne and the New Philosophy
The Narrative Poems
Siete Clases De Ambiguedad
Empson in Granta: A Supplement of Notices . . . Omitted Advertently when Collecting His Reviews and Now Offered with the Compliments of the Foundling Press

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William Empson Life story

Sir William Empson was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works, a practice fundamental to New Criticism. His best-known work is his first, Seven Types of Ambiguity, published in 1930.