William Empson
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Times obituary called him one of the most distinguished and widely influential English poets, critic[s] and university teachers of this century. Though his output was relatively small (and a good deal of his prose writing uncollected during his lifetime), his difficult poetry (fifty-six poems in print at the time of his death) and revolutionary criticism made an instant impact which continues to reverberate.
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