William Empson: The Structure of Complex Words

by William Empson

This is the first scholarly edition of one of the classics of literary criticism. William Empson was among the two or three most important and influential literary critics and theorists of the twentieth century. He has long been celebrated as one of the most fertile (as well as one of the funniest) explorers of how meaning works in language, especially in poetry. The Structure of Complex Words (1951) was much his longest book and was intended as a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198713436
• ISBN13: 9780198713432
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 668 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"