Empson
Proper noun
Meaning
Empson (plural Empsons)
A surname transferred from the given name.
Anagrams
Examples
Christopher Ricks judges that, as critic, Bentley was both acute and wrong-headed, and "incorrigibly eccentric"; William Empson also finds Pearce to be more sympathetic to Bentley's underlying line of thought than is warranted.
For a nuanced account of McLuhan's thought regarding Richards and Leavis, see McLuhan's "Poetic and Rhetorical Exegesis: The Case for Leavis against Richards and Empson" in the Sewanee Review, volume 52, number 2 (1944): 266–76.
Harold Bloom has stated that Empson is among a handful of critics who matter most to him because of their force and eccentricity.
Paul Empson, General Manager of Bakers Basco, said: 'Most people see recycling as a benefit to society: but sometimes, the exact opposite is the case.
Empson first discovered his great skill and interest in mathematics at his preparatory school.
Empson argued that "Milton deserves credit for making God wicked, since the God of Christianity is 'a wicked God.'