Seven Types of Ambiguity

Seven Types of Ambiguity was one of the most influential critical works of the 20th century and was a key foundation work in the formation of the New Criticism school. An ambiguity is represented as a puzzle to Empson. We have ambiguity when "alternative views might be taken without sheer misreading [...]
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Seven Types of Ambiguity was one of the most influential critical works of the 20th century and was a key foundation work in the formation of the New Criticism school. An ambiguity is represented as a puzzle to Empson. We have ambiguity when "alternative views might be taken without sheer misreading." Empson reads as an exploration of conflicts within the author.