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Seven Types of Ambiguity: William Empson

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Updated: 06 Aug 2013

A short video of William Empson's classic, Seven Types of Ambiguity.

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6. The New Criticism and Other Western Formalisms

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Updated: 14 Sep 2012

Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300) In this second lecture on formalism, Professor Paul Fry begins by exploring the implications of Wimsatt and B...

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"Homage to the British Museum," by William Empson

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poem.

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My Father the Bomb and Me english documentary Part 1

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Duration: 14:34
Updated: 20 Nov 2013

As a mathematics student at Jesus College, Cambridge, Bronowski co-edited—with William Empson—the literary periodical Experiment, which first appeared in 1928. Bronowski would pursue this sort of dual activity, in both the mathematical and literary worlds, throughout his professional life. He was also a strong chess player, earning a half-blue while at Cambridge and composing numerous chess problems for the British Chess Magazine between 1926 and 1970

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The small bird to the big by William Empson

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Updated: 31 Jan 2014

The small bird to the big by William Empson from C. Hatakeyama Reading and Drumset Music Chris Quinlan

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FACULTI - Dr Katy Price - William Empson, Ants and Aliens

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Updated: 26 May 2013

Dr. Katy Price, Queen Mary University, London 'William Empson, Ants and Aliens', in Science in Modern Poetry: New Directions, ed. J. R. Holmes (Liverpool: Li...

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William Empson Quotes

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Updated: 23 Apr 2013

What was your favorite William Empson quote? 'Like' and leave a comment below, then jump over to http://quotetank.com/quotes-by/william-empson and make a lis...

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empson video: intro

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Updated: 11 Jul 2013

this is the intro to the empson video

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"The Good Times Gone" By G S Fraser Poem animation

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Updated: 16 Feb 2014

Here's a virtual movie of the brilliant Scots poet and prolific literary biographer G S Fraser reading his short,but seemingly very apt little poem mocking the mixed fortunes of Scotland at this momentous time as Scotland considers its future should it unwisely in my humble opinion vote to become independent from the UK "The Good Times Gone" George Sutherland Fraser (8 November 1915 -- 3 January 1980) was a Scottish poet, literary critic and academic.Fraser was born in Glasgow, Scotland, later moving with his family to Aberdeen. He attended the University of St. Andrews. During World War II he served in the British Army in Cairo and Eritrea. He was published as a poet in Salamander, a Cairo literary magazine. At the same time he was involved with the New Apocalyptics group, writing an introductory essay for the anthology The White Horseman, and formulating as well as anyone did the idea that they were successors to surrealism. After the war he became a prominent figure in London's literary circles, working as a journalist and critic. Together with his wife Paddy he made friends with a gamut of literary figures, from the intellectual leader William Empson to the eccentric John Gawsworth. He worked with Ian Fletcher to have Gawsworth's Collected Poems (1949) published. His direction was that of the traditional man of letters (soon to become extinct). In 1948, Fraser contributed an essay entitled "A Language by Itself" to a biblio-symposium honouring the sixtieth birthday of T. S. Eliot. Drawing comparisons with John Donne, he praised the poet's profound refreshment (particularly in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock) of the English poetic tongue, together with his subtle facility for transitional verse and his potent effect on the poetic youth; but, more importantly for present purposes, he also confessed, "I am not a very original writer myself; I am lost, on the whole, without a convention of some sort [...]."[1] In 1949 he accepted the job of replacing Edmund Blunden as Cultural Adviser to the UK Liaison Mission in Tokyo. This ended badly when he suffered a breakdown in 1951 while in Japan. Subsequently he was much less the poet than the all-purpose writer. He became a lecturer at the University of Leicester in 1959, where he was an inspiring teacher, remaining there until retirement in 1979. Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2014

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Diamanda Galás - Missing Dates at Placa del Rei, Barcelona

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Updated: 16 Jun 2013

The enchanted Diamanda Galás plays Missing Dates (written by William Empson) in the magical Placa del Rei in Barcelona, 16.5.2011.

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Annual Wordsworth Lecture: 'What Did Wordsworth Make of Coleridge?', by Dr Seamus Perry

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Updated: 05 Dec 2012

29-11-12 Institute of English Studies http://www.sas.ac.uk/ http://events.sas.ac.uk/ies/events/view/12570/The+Annual+Wordsworth+Lecture%2C+by+Dr+Seamus+Perry...

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[FREE PDF] Milton (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) by Walter Alexander Raleigh

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Updated: 12 Aug 2013

Download Link : http://www.rarshare.com/milton-cambridge-library-collection-literary-studies-by-walter-alexander-raleigh-pdf/ Milton (Cambridge Library Colle...

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Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell - William Blake

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Updated: 31 Jan 2014

Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell by William Blake reading and photography - Chris Quinlan

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Songs of exile. Barcelona. Mayo. 2010. FULL SHOW !!!

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Updated: 21 Jul 2013

Diamanda Galás. THIS VIDEO NO IS INTRAVENAL SOUND QUALITY but is good. 00:43 - 08:51 Anoixe petra. Lefteris Papadopoulos 10:36 - 13:31Tengo que subir al puer...

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The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth

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Updated: 01 Feb 2014

The Solitary Reaper William Wordsworth Reading and Drumset Music Chris Quinlan

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A Film in One Night [Days Gone By]

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Updated: 24 Nov 2010

A short film, and one not to be taken seriously. Featuring my art-class friends in school, William Empson as the unfortunate run over by the train, myself and the runner over-er, Jordan Clayton...

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Neil Christian & The Crusaders With Jimmy Page - Jet Black

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Updated: 07 Aug 2013

I don't own this song. I'm not making any money from this video what so ever and I don't intend to. ---------------------------------------------------------...

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G. S. Fraser "Lean Street" Scottish Poem animation

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Updated: 01 Apr 2013

Heres a virtual movie of G. S. Fraser Scottish poet, literary critic and academic reading his exquisite poem "Lean Street" The poem describes in stark terms ...

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practicing sitting

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sketches getting ready for empson video

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empsom

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Updated: 12 Nov 2010

melhores momentos 9°anos

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from camp

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Updated: 31 May 2013

a break at summer camp

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Egoist

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Updated: 16 May 2013

A short video about an egoist

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The way through the woods - Rudyard Kipling and Drumset

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Updated: 09 Feb 2014

A reading of Rudyard Kipling's, "The way through the woods" with drum accompaniment.

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To play in the face of the enemie's eye 1

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Oh dear, the things a drummer finds out from their loyal neighbours and students. At any given time, a young music student is being surveilled by a Judas in the street, writing down their practice activities for the local council. Usually illegal and abhorrent when a student is under 18, all fine when the Council addresses the legal letter to the Parents. Morals and ethics are exempt as a legal issue.

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Random Book Talk October: featuring Elliot Perlman - The Street Sweeper - Part 1

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Updated: 01 Jul 2013

Random Book Talk is a monthly web series that brings you exclusive interviews with your favourite authors from the headquarters of Random House Australia. Th...

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Passengers walk past a signboard of Malaysia Airlines at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, March 8, 2014.

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Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people

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08 Mar 2014

 . Reuters. Image Caption.. A woman, believed to be the relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, cries at the Beijing Capital International Airport (reuters tickers). March 8, 2014 - 04.06. By Stuart Grudgings ... Flight MH370, operating a Boeing B777-200 aircraft left Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m. (1621 GMT Friday) and had been expected to land in the Chinese capital at 6.30 a.m. (2230 GMT) the same day ... Reuters ... U.S ... ....(size: 16.3Kb)

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Did Michael Jackson father a son with Miki Howard? 'Billie Jean' DNA drama: AM Buzz

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07 Mar 2014

"Billie Jean" is not Jacko's lover -- but maybe his father was. A man claiming to be Michael Jackson's illegitimate son Thursday provided a DNA test showing the King of Pop is the biological father of 31-year-old singer Brandon Howard with 99.9 percent accuracy. Howard's mother is Miki Howard, who was nicknamed "Billy" in the '80s and allegedly inspired MJ's 1982 song with the line "the kid is not my son." ... Salvation." ... Mockingjay" movies....(size: 4.6Kb)

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Terror theory for missing Malaysian jet; floating door spotted

The Times of India

09 Mar 2014

KUALA LUMPUR. Vietnamese authorities on Sunday said they had spotted what looked like one of the doors of the missing Boeing 777 jetliner that crashed into the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam a day and a half ago. What caused the crash remained a mystery, even as authorities were checking out the identities of two passengers who were flying on stolen passports ... "We are trying to make sense of this," Daud said at a news conference ... ....(size: 5.2Kb)

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My hero: CS Lewis by Laura Miller and Aldous Huxley by Nicholas Murray

The Guardian

22 Nov 2013

History may be written by the victors, but an author's reputation is made by the keepers of the flame ... He was one of the world's great readers. The critic William Empson once described him as "the best read man of his generation, one who read everything and remembered everything he read", which included obscure allegorical Latin poets of the late classical period, who are nowadays justifiably forgotten ... Photograph ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)

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RELEASE: Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Peter Townsend (1919-2006) (Christie's International plc)

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02 Oct 2013

(Source. Christie's International plc). Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Peter Townsend (1919-2006) (Lots 285-300). DR ... Through CIC, Townsend became friendly with many prominent Chinese and foreigners including General Zhu De, Guo Moruo, Madame Sun Yat Sen, Zhou Enlai, Wu Zuoren, Xiao Qian, Sir William Empson, Bishop Hall of Hong Kong, Joseph Needham, Michael Sullivan, Owen Lattimore, Israel Epstein, and Henri Cartier-Bresson ... 84....(size: 8.2Kb)

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Why Poetry Makes Sense: An Interview With Stephen Burt

Huffington Post

31 Aug 2013

Poetry can be an excellent teacher. It educates readers on places we know well and those we've never been. It honors celebrated people and ordinary ones ... At TEDGlobal 2013 in June, I connected with Stephen Burt, who presented a TED Talk at the conference ... Laura Cococcia ... Stephen Burt ... A ... Once they do that we can, as William Empson says, rely on the poem to tell us the way in which it is trying to be good, to tell us what it is trying to do....(size: 7.1Kb)

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English Professors Gather at Tsinghua for IAUPE Triennial Conference 2013 (Tsinghua University)

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30 Jul 2013

(Source ... "When I. A. Richards, followed by William Empson, came all the way from Cambridge, England to Tsinghua, China to teach English literature and practical criticism one century ago, he claimed himself as the link and ambassador between two cultures ... " ... There were four plenary speakers. (1) Sir Christopher Ricks, William M ... A. Richards and William Empson lectured here on English literature and literary criticism ... (noodl....(size: 7.3Kb)

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The Silence of the Animals: on Progress and Other Myths, By John Gray

The Independent

17 May 2013

John Gray's The Silence of the Animals, like its thematic predecessor Straw Dogs, is a brief, bracing, impatient book, in which High Table material is delivered at saloon bar volume ... Wallace Stevens, John Ashbery and William Empson recur as sources of reflection, begging questions about the necessity of illusion. Empson, who hated God with a suspicious passion, wrote about the necessities of the imagination....(size: 4.2Kb)

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The Fun Stuff and Other Essays by James Wood – review

The Observer

10 Feb 2013

‘His contempt stems from careful diligence rather than casual spite’. James Wood. Photograph. David Levenson/Getty Images ... With his intimidating seriousness and near religious belief in the moral possibilities of the novel, Wood can seem like a throwback to that era of Edmund Wilson and Lionel Trilling, FR Leavis and William Empson, when books weren't reviewed so much as stringently evaluated for a higher purpose ... Wood has done the work ... ....(size: 8.1Kb)

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Is This Title O.K.?

The New York Times

01 Sep 2012

Draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. Tags.. books and literature, titles, Writing. Beginning – check. Middle – check. End – check. But, hold on a sec, isn’t there something missing? Something rather vital? In fact, couldn’t it be the key to your book’s selling or not? Ah, yes, the title ... Or soap powder ... E ... “Seven Types of Ambiguity,” by William Empson, is admittedly more obscure, unless you happen to be into critical theory ... ....(size: 15.5Kb)

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Out and About: Variety at Play

Indian Express

31 Aug 2012

Two diverse plays are being staged by Hindi theatre group, Ank Theatre this weekend ... Sculptures from scraps ... His fascination with auto parts continued into his career as an artist ... William Empson is primarily known as a 20th century English poet but his interest in Buddhist sculpture is relatively unknown....(size: 1.4Kb)

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Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories?

New Yorker

18 May 2012

"So tell us the story," the suits say after a few minutes of banter and schmooze, and the writer gulps and jumps in ... Sometime. Soon ... No story, no sale. O.K ... There is not a single reference in Gottschall's book to such students of the mechanics of storytelling as William Empson, Samuel Johnson, Lionel Trilling, Virginia Woolf, Edmund Wilson, or Randall Jarrell, all of whom brooded long and hard upon stories and their subjects ... Wizard .") ... ....(size: 11.3Kb)

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Celebrity atheists: more prominent than you think.

The Examiner

03 May 2012

Altizer Robert Altman Alejandro Amenábar Natalie Angier Aziz Ansari Lance Armstrong Liv Arnesen Madison Arnold Darren Aronofsky Isaac Asimov Peter William Atkins David Attenborough ... E Roger Ebert Christopher Eccleston Dean Edell Jonathan Edwards Paul Edwards Greg Egan Barbara Ehrenreich Paul Ehrlich Bret Easton Ellis Harlan Ellison Warren Ellis William Empson Garth Ennis Brian Eno Euhemerus Hugh Everett....(size: 14.6Kb)

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Tomb of the Ancient Crisps

Vanity Fair

15 Apr 2012

In the latest issue of Poetry magazine, where many of James's meditations on poetry and the double-barrelled sensibilities of the critic-poet have appeared in recent years, James describes a brief, bizarre meeting with perhaps the weirdest beardie of his time, William Empson. ... The real surprise, each time, was that they were all in character ... William Empson was well-known to have been wildly eccentric from the beginning ...  . ....(size: 4.0Kb)

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Great Works: 50 Paintings Explored and Until Further Notice, I Am Alive by Tom Lubbock – review

The Observer

08 Apr 2012

Tom Lubbock retained the humour and intellectual curiosity that he lived by right up to his death. Photograph. Marion Coutts ... It was a regular trick of the short essays he wrote in his "Great Works" series for the Independent ... Until Further Notice, I Am Alive – composed from his journals and a long article written for this newspaper – is an account of what William Empson called "the human practice of dying" ... "Not cast for catastrophe." ... ....(size: 13.0Kb)

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Anthony Burgess: Confessions of the hack trade

The Observer

04 Mar 2012

When I was an undergraduate, this tome, along with William Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity, was a vade mecum ... It does not dare the properties which we find, say, in William Shakespeare — complexity of character, difficulty of language, the exploitation of ambiguity ... How about the novels of Rex Warner, William Sansom, HG Wells, for that matter, ......(size: 34.1Kb)

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