A History of Ambiguity / / Anthony Ossa-Richardson.

Ever since it was first published in 1930, William Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity has been perceived as a milestone in literary criticism-far from being an impediment to communication, ambiguity now seemed an index of poetic richness and expressive power. Little, however, has been written on...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Citations and Translations
  • INTRODUCTION A COMPANY OF TWO ARMIES
  • PART ONE. Themes
  • CHAPTER ONE. THE OLD RHETORIC
  • CHAPTER TWO. FORENSIC IDOLS
  • CHAPTER THREE. COLLUSION AND DELUSION
  • CHAPTER FOUR. RIVER AND OCEAN
  • CHAPTER FIVE. SATURA LANX
  • PART TWO. Variations
  • CHAPTER SIX. THE FAULTLESS DIE
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. AMBIGUITIES OF TYPE
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. ADLOYADA
  • CHAPTER NINE. AN EQUIVOCAL SMILE
  • CHAPTER TEN. THE COMBINATION ROOM
  • AFTERWORD
  • Bibliography
  • Index