Select Books On Empson
- Haffenden, John. William Empson, Vol. 1: Among the Mandarins. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-927659-5
- Haffenden, John. William Empson, Vol. 2: Against the Christians. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-19-953992-8
- Norris, Christopher and Mapp, Nigel (eds.). William Empson: The Critical Achievement. Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-521-35386-6
- Day, Frank. Sir William Empson: An Annotated Bibliography. London: Garland, 1984. ISBN 0-8240-9207-4
- Gardner, Philip and Gardner, Averil. The God approached: a commentary on the poems of William Empson. London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. ISBN 0-7011-2213-7
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