William Empson

1.6k citations
43 papers · 466 · h-index 10

Impact in

    • Poetry Analysis and Criticism
    • Literature: history, themes, analysis
    • Modernist Literature and Criticism
    • Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
    • Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
  • Classics top 10%
    • Medieval Literature and History

Papers in

    • Poetry Analysis and Criticism 3
    • Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies 1
    • Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism 1
    • Renaissance and Early Modern Studies 3

William Empson

28 papers receiving 212 citations

Peers

William Empson
Comparison fields: 5 of 49
  • Literature and Literary Theory 233
  • Classics 34
  • Philosophy 80
  • History 71
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 21
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All Works

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#Work
1 196296
2 195394
3 198849
4
Milton's God
196148
5 195420
6 199319
7 196416
8 197916
9 198214
10
Some versions of pastoral : a study of pastoral form in literature
196610
11
Argufying: Essays on Literature and Culture
19879
12
Essays on Shakespeare
19869
13
Coleridge's verse;: A selection,
19729
14 19898
15
The Complete Poems of William Empson
20006
16 19625
17
Essays on Renaissance literature
19865
18 19644
19
The complete poems
20004
20 19713

About William Empson

William Empson is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, History, Sociology and Political Science, Classics and Religious studies, having authored 43 papers that have together received 466 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Poetry Analysis and Criticism (3 papers), Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (3 papers), Renaissance Literature and Culture (2 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 papers), Financial Crisis of the 21st Century (1 paper), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (1 paper), Christian Theology and Mission (1 paper) and Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Literature and Literary Theory (233 citations), Classics (34 citations), Philosophy (80 citations), History (71 citations) and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (21 citations). William Empson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include John Holloway, David Thoreau Wieck, John Henry Raleigh, Christopher Norris, A. D. Nuttall and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Their work appears in journals such as Essays in Criticism, The Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Critical Quarterly and MLN.

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