Postscript: The recognition of truth as truth, of something as true, is a particular species of judgment that is often … More
Tag: Literary Criticism
265. (William Empson)
With each return to Empson’s criticism, a new fulcrum point on which it can be turned. The chapter on “Candid … More
234. (William Empson)
William Empson’s Seven Types of Ambiguity is an acknowledged classic of literary criticism, but it is also among the most … More
205. (William Empson)
That great literature balances great forces judiciously, that it calms a turbulence of mind, and that it communicates truths that … More
194. (Erich Auerbach)
Literature only happens at a distance from the ideology it depends on for its making; that is why ideological critique … More
151. (William Empson)
Curiously, coming as late in the book as it does, the chapter on Bentley and Milton in Some Versions of Pastoral … More
77. (R.H. Hutton)
One of the chief differences between eighteenth- and nineteenth-century voices of critical prose is that the former wrote for the … More
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