Empson, William

Japanese: エンプソン（英語表記）Empson， William

Born: September 27, 1906, Yorkfleet, Yorkshire
[Died] April 15, 1984. London. British poet and critic. Lecturer at Tokyo University of Literature and Science from 1931 to 1934. Professor of English Literature at Sheffield University from 1953 to 1971. He studied mathematics at Cambridge University, and later switched to literature. He emphasized the multilayered meaning of poetic words in Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930), and put this into practice in Poems (35) and The Gathering Storm (40). His critiques such as Some Versions of Pastoral (35), The Structure of Complex Words (51), and Milton's God (61) were attempts to develop his original argument in a broader social and historical context. He was a pioneer of scientific analytical criticism, following IA Richards, and a forerunner of the "New Criticism." (→ambiguous)

Empson
Empson, Sir Richard

[Fresh]? Toaster
[died] August 17, 1510, London. He was an English financial administrator. He was a member of the House of Commons from 1491, and then Speaker. He was selected to manage the finances together with E. Dudley from the beginning of the reign of Henry VII, and enriched the royal treasury through harsh taxation and fines. However, he incurred the wrath of the people, and was arrested and executed for treason during the reign of Henry VIII.

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[生]1906.9.27. ヨークシャー，ヨークフリート
[没]1984.4.15. ロンドン
イギリスの詩人，批評家。 1931～34年東京文理科大学講師。 53～71年シェフィールド大学英文学教授。ケンブリッジ大学で数学を専攻し，のち文学に転じた。『曖昧の七つの型』 Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930) で詩語の意味の重層性を強調，『詩集』 Poems (35) ，『つのる嵐』 The Gathering Storm (40) でそれを実践。『田園詩の諸形態』 Some Versions of Pastoral (35) ，『複合語の構造』 The Structure of Complex Words (51) ，『ミルトンの神』 Milton's God (61) などの評論は当初の立論を広く社会的歴史的背景において展開しようとしたもの。 I.A.リチャーズに次ぐ科学的分析的批評の開拓者で，「新批評」の先駆をなした。 (→曖昧 ) 　

エンプソン
Empson， Sir Richard

[生]?　トースター
[没]1510.8.17. ロンドン
イギリスの財務行政官。 1491年より下院議員，次いで議長。一方ヘンリー7世の治世当初より E.ダッドリーとともに財務管理に抜擢され，過酷な課税や罰金取立てによって王室財政を富ませた。しかし国民の恨みを買って，ヘンリー8世治世に入ると逮捕され，反逆罪のかどで処刑された。

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