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William Empson

William Empson, who died in 1984, was the author – among many other books – of Seven Types of Ambiguity, The Structure of Complex Words and Milton’s God. His Complete Poems were edited by John Haffenden.

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Fairy Flight in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ · 25 October 1979

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream edited for the Arden Shakespeare series by Harold Brooks

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 not available in archive Red on Red · 30 September 1999