The New Criticism

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf literary criticism
gptkbp:criticizedFor reader-response criticism
poststructuralism
ignoring authorial biography
ignoring context
ignoring politics
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1970s
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:emergedIn 1920s
1930s
gptkbp:emphasizes textual analysis
gptkbp:focusesOn close reading
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:paradox
ambiguity
affective fallacy
intentional fallacy
irony
organic unity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The New Criticism
gptkbp:influenced literary studies
English departments
gptkbp:mainProponent gptkb:Allen_Tate
gptkb:John_Crowe_Ransom
gptkb:Robert_Penn_Warren
gptkb:Cleanth_Brooks
gptkbp:majorWork gptkb:The_Well_Wrought_Urn
Understanding Poetry
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:historical_period
authorial intent
reader response
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Russian_Formalism
gptkb:Formalism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Crowe_Ransom
gptkb:New_Criticism
gptkb:Joel_Elias_Spingarn
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5