Download or read book Seven Types of Ambiguity written by William Empson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as a masterpiece on its publication in 1930, this landmark in the history of criticism draws on authors from Chaucer to Eliot, illuminating the strategies of individual writers and creating a brilliant theory of poetic practice.