![]() ![]() In the essay, ‘The Seventh Type of Ambiguity’, Empson takes up the seventh type of ambiguity which, to him, is ‘the most ambiguous that can be conceived’. Seven Types of Ambiguity presents the different kinds of ambiguity or ‘types of logical disorder in the order of increasing distance from simple statement and logical exposition. ![]() ![]() While it is possible to show that Empson’s method often leads to critical irresponsibility as pointed out by Elder Olson in his ‘William Empson, Contemporary Criticism and Poetic Diction’, Empson is one of the sharpest and the most sensitive of modern critics. He complains about the vague nature of ambiguity. James Smith points out that Empson’s analyses are interesting only as revelation of the poet’s or Empson’s ingenious mind. The objections raised in his Seven Types of Ambiguity are still valid. Richards on the nature and function of language consistently and with gusto to particular passages of poetry. Empson is the first analytic critic to apply the principles of I.A. ![]()
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