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Anthony Ossa-richardson
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Princeton University Press
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May 2019
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Anthony Ossa-richardson
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Princeton University Press
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May 2019
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Ever since it was first published in 1930, William Empson's Seven Types of Ambiguity has been perceived as a milestone in literary criticism--far from being an impediment to communication, ambiguity now seemed an index of poetic richness and expressive power. Little, however, has been written on the broader trajectory of Western thought about ambiguity before Empson; as a result, the nature of his innovation has been poorly understood.
A History of Ambiguity remedies this omission. Starting with classical grammar and rhetoric, and moving on to moral theology, law, biblical exegesis, German philosophy, and literary criticism, Anthony Ossa-Richardson explores the many ways in which readers and theorists posited, denied, conceptualised, and argued over the existence of multiple meanings in texts between antiquity and the twentieth century. This process took on a variety of interconnected forms, from the Renaissance delight in the 'elegance' of ambiguities in Horace, through the extraordinary Catholic claim that Scripture could contain multiple literal--and not just allegorical--senses, to the theory of dramatic irony developed in the nineteenth century, a theory intertwined with discoveries of the double meanings in Greek tragedy. Such narratives are not merely of antiquarian interest: rather, they provide an insight into the foundations of modern criticism, revealing deep resonances between acts of interpretation in disparate eras and contexts. A History of Ambiguity lays bare the long tradition of efforts to liberate language, and even a poet's intention, from the strictures of a single meaning.
Author
Anthony Ossa-richardson
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
May 2019
Weight
1317g
Dimensions
158 x 237 x 39 mm
ISBN
9780691167954
ISBN-10
0691167958
Eden Code
4903669
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Author/Creator: Anthony Ossa-richardson
ISBN: 9780691167954
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: May 2019
Weight: 1317g
Dimensions: 158 x 237 x 39 mm
Eden Code: 4903669