Of all the 20th century critics, Empson seems the most contemporary. With his neckbeard, poly lifestyle, aliveness to linguistic instability, inability to secure a steady job, and Hitchens style contempt for religion, he's almost a Brooklyn hipster.https://twitter.com/accommodatingly/status/1074008523821015041 …
Of course. Milton's God is better than God is Not Great (although I've often thought Empson's rhetoric influenced Hitchens).