Empson was an ethical critic from the outset. He pioneered the
techniques of "verbal criticism" chiefly in order to promote
tolerance of cultural and historical differences, and to discourage
the sacrifice of self or others to any form of irrationalism. In
his later work, Empson's growing obsession with the horror of the
Crucifixion (as event and symbol), together with his eclectic
interest in the mediatory forms of pantheism and vitalism, are all
enlisted in support of the campaign against human sacrifice in all
its guises, which was already being waged in "Seven Types of
Ambiguity" . "William Empson" provides an account of Empson's
career to date, and seeks to serve also to discredit the
appropriation of his name in recent polemic by the conflicting
parties of deconstruction and politicized cultural criticism. This
book should be of interest to students and teachers of the theory
and history of literary criticism.
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