AN HONEST DECADE: WILLIAM EMPSON AND THE AMBIGUITIES OF WRITING IN THE 1930s

This essay situates William Empson’s poetry in the ideologically charged artistic atmosphere of the 1930s. It contends that the tonal ambiguities of Empson’s verse register the difficulties he encountered in occupying a stance of political detachment during the decade. Arguing against the aesthetici...

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Veröffentlicht in:	ELH 2013-03, Vol.80 (1), p.221-249
1. Verfasser:	KOHLMANN, BENJAMIN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ambiguity American literature Anxiety Auden, W H (1907-1973) British & Irish literature Decades Empson, William (1906-1984) English literature Literary criticism Literature Modernism Poetry Politics Writing
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