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The Complete Poems

William Empson John Haffenden

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English
Penguin Classics
02 August 2001
Empson's poetry is widely regarded as occupying a central place in twentieth-century literature.

Empson has long been applauded for the dazzling intelligence and emotional passion of his poems. Praised in his lifetime by the likes of T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and John Betjeman, his reputation contines to be high. His poems take a wide range of themes from metaphysics to melancholy, social climbing to political satire, and from love to loss.
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Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   969
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   500g
ISBN:   9780140189629
ISBN 10:   0140189629
Series:   Penguin Modern Classics
Pages:   512
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

William Empson is well-known for his landmark in literary criticism SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY (written at the tender age of 24) but his poetry is regarded as his greatest literary achievement. His academic career was varied and distinguished and throughout the course of his life he published widely. John Haffenden is recognised as being the foremost authority writing on Empson today. He has written a number of books, and is currently working on a biography of Empson.

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