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In the following essay, Graff traces various academic interpretations of New Criticism, proposing that in order to fully understand the theories espoused by New Critics, it is absolutely necessary to ...
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In the following essay, Wellek defends the theories of New Criticism against its critics who dismiss it as an isolated method of interpretation that reduces the interpretation of a literary text to a ...
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In the following essay, Gerhard defines the function and place of the aesthetic object, namely the poem, in the context of New Criticism and its theories, writing that according to the New Critics, th...
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In the following essay, Perl studies the relationship between modernism and New Criticism, focusing on the use of these theories by academic institutions in both England and the United States.
If mode...
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In the following essay, Raleigh comments how New Criticism as a historical phenomena was composed of contradictions, and a great part of its success arose precisely out of this many-sidedness, which l...
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In the following essay, Robey offers an overview of New Criticism, including an explanation of the theories of I. A. Richards, as well as the development of New Criticism in England and the United Sta...
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In the following essay, Willingham follows the development of New Criticism from its earliest proponents in the 1930s to the later 1900s, detailing the evolution of the theory from its early days to t...
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In the following essay, Szili focuses on the critical theories proposed by Ransom, Crowe, and Tate, particularly their concepts regarding poetry.
Croce considered his own critical tenets as the new cr...
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In the following essay, Burt and Lewin provide brief literary histories of poets and critics such as Tate, Ransom, and Warren, as well as later New Critics such as Empson, Winters and Blackmur, evalua...
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In the following essay, Pole surveys Brooks's work on critical interpretation of poetry.
There are two reasons that might serve as justifying the close study of a particular thinker; either his...
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In the following essay, Perosa describes Blackmur's theories of poetry criticism, tracing its evolution from the early tenets of New Criticism to what Perosa terms as a later “break-down...
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In the following essay, Jancovich concentrates on the work of Robert Penn Warren, writing that in contrast to many interpretations of New Critical theories as bourgeois. In fact, Warren and his intere...
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In the following essay, Tassin evaluates Brooks's ideas regarding New Criticism, concluding that as a literary theory, it continues to endure.
Today the New Criticism is considered not only sup...
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In the following essay, Asher explores the relationship between the New Critics and T. S. Eliot.
Nearly everyone who considers the history of modern literary criticism regards T. S. Eliot as one of th...
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The new critics approach involves strictly taking what is in the text and analyzing it. This approach is very focused on looking at the language used by the author, internally and externally, and int...
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Critical Essay by Gerald Graff
Literary Theory of "New Criticism"
