The Structure of Complex Words
William Empson(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 29. June 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-0-14-023148-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a reissue of the major works of William Empson, literary critic, including the seminal seven types of ambiguity.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-023148-9 (9780140231489)
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Content
Feelings in words; statements in words; wit in the essay on criticism; all in paradise lost; the praise of folly; fool in Lear; the English dog; Timon's dog; honest man; honest numbers; honest in "Othello"; "Sense and Sensibility"; sense in "Measure for Measure"; sense in the prelude; sensible and candid; Mesopotamia; pregnancy; metaphor; A is B; the primitive mind; dictionaries.