Cleanth Brooks
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Cleanth Brooks was an influential American literary critic and scholar best known for shaping and promoting New Criticism through his close readings and theoretical writings on poetry.
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| Cleanth Brooks canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cleanth Brooks Context triple: [New Criticism, keyFigure, Cleanth Brooks]
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A.
John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the New Criticism movement, known for his influential essays on literary theory and his role in shaping 20th-century literary studies.
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B.
Allen Tate
Allen Tate was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the Southern Agrarians, known for his formal verse and influential literary essays.
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C.
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, critic, and novelist known for his war-themed poetry and influential literary criticism in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was a major American modernist poet known for his philosophical meditations on imagination and reality in works such as "Harmonium" and "The Idea of Order at Key West."
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E.
John Berryman
John Berryman was an American poet best known for his intensely personal and innovative work, particularly the sequence "The Dream Songs," which helped define the confessional poetry movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cleanth Brooks Target entity description: Cleanth Brooks was an influential American literary critic and scholar best known for shaping and promoting New Criticism through his close readings and theoretical writings on poetry.
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A.
John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the New Criticism movement, known for his influential essays on literary theory and his role in shaping 20th-century literary studies.
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B.
Allen Tate
Allen Tate was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the Southern Agrarians, known for his formal verse and influential literary essays.
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C.
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, critic, and novelist known for his war-themed poetry and influential literary criticism in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was a major American modernist poet known for his philosophical meditations on imagination and reality in works such as "Harmonium" and "The Idea of Order at Key West."
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E.
John Berryman
John Berryman was an American poet best known for his intensely personal and innovative work, particularly the sequence "The Dream Songs," which helped define the confessional poetry movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Criticism theorist
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academic ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Tulane University
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanderbilt University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Robert Penn Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-10-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-05-10 ⓘ |
| editorOf | The Southern Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer |
Louisiana State University
NERFINISHED
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Yale University ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century literary criticism ⓘ |
| familyName | Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary criticism
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poetry analysis ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Cleanth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century poetry criticism
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American literary studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
close reading of poetry
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emphasis on the autonomy of the literary text ⓘ theoretical writings on New Criticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | New Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Cleanth Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Modern Poetry and the Tradition
NERFINISHED
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The Well Wrought Urn NERFINISHED ⓘ Understanding Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ Understanding Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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literary critic ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Murray, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Murray, Kentucky, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Edith Amy Blanchard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taught |
Louisiana State University English Department
NERFINISHED
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Yale University English Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Cleanth Brooks Description of subject: Cleanth Brooks was an influential American literary critic and scholar best known for shaping and promoting New Criticism through his close readings and theoretical writings on poetry.
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