Includes bibliographica; references (p. 308-315) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Empson as literary theorist : from ambiguity to complex words and beyond / Christopher Norris -- Empsonian honesty and the beginnings of individualism / Gary Wihl -- Empson, Leavis, and the challenge of Milton / William E. Cain -- Empson's Satan : an ambiguous character of the seventh type / Paul H. Fry -- Compacted doctrines : Empson and the meanings of words / Alan Durant and Colin MacCabe -- Figural narrative and plot construction : Empson on pastoral / Pamela McCallum -- More lurid figures : de Man reading Empson / Neil Hertz -- Fool and Pharmakon / William Righter -- William Empson's cosmicomics / Jean-Jacques Lechercle -- Empson as teacher : the Sheffield years / Philip Hobsbaum.
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