"Johnson, Hazlitt and Empson are the greatest English critics of their respective centuries not least because they are the funniest."
— William Empson

January 1, 1970

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Literary criticsPoets from EnglandUniversity of Cambridge alumniAcademics from the United KingdomFellows of the British Academy
Original Language: English

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Jonathan Bate, in the London Review of Books January 24, 1991.

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Jonathan Bate, in the London Review of Books January 24, 1991.