New Criticism

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New Criticism is a 20th-century literary theory movement that emphasizes close reading and analysis of a text’s formal elements while downplaying authorial intent and historical context.

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instanceOf 20th-century literary movement ⓘ
critical movement ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
associatedConcept affective fallacy ⓘ
close textual analysis ⓘ
intentional fallacy ⓘ
organic unity ⓘ
contrastedWith Marxist criticism ⓘ
linked to: Marxism

biographical criticism ⓘ
historical criticism ⓘ
poststructuralism ⓘ
reader-response criticism ⓘ
criticizedFor formalism ⓘ
ignoring historical context ⓘ
ignoring political dimensions of literature ⓘ
ignoring reader response ⓘ
developedDuring 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
developedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
downplays authorial intent ⓘ
biographical context ⓘ
historical context ⓘ
sociopolitical context ⓘ
emphasizes analysis of formal elements ⓘ
attention to language ⓘ
close reading ⓘ
imagery and symbolism ⓘ
paradox and ambiguity ⓘ
structure of the text ⓘ
unity of the text ⓘ
focusesOn the text itself ⓘ
influenced close reading pedagogy ⓘ
university literary studies in the United States ⓘ
keyFigure Allen Tate ⓘ
Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
I. A. Richards ⓘ
John Crowe Ransom ⓘ
R. P. Blackmur ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
W. K. Wimsatt ⓘ
keyText Practical Criticism ⓘ
The New Criticism ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism

The Verbal Icon ⓘ
The Well Wrought Urn ⓘ
method analysis of tension and irony ⓘ
close reading of individual poems ⓘ
explication of paradox ⓘ
reachedPeakInfluenceIn mid-20th century ⓘ
treats the literary work as an autonomous object ⓘ

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Referenced by (37)

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The Waste Land → influenced → New Criticism ⓘ
Joel Elias Spingarn → notableWork → The New Criticism ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
New Criticism → keyText → The New Criticism ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
John Crowe Ransom → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
John Crowe Ransom → notableWork → The New Criticism ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
John Crowe Ransom → influenced → New Criticism movement ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
Stanley Edgar Hyman → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
I. A. Richards → influenced → New Criticism ⓘ
I. A. Richards → influenced → American New Critics ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
Allen Tate → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
Allen Tate → influenced → American New Critics ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
New Historicism → contrastsWith → New Criticism ⓘ
subject linked to: The New Historicism
Robert Penn Warren → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
The Well Wrought Urn → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
The Verbal Icon → literaryMovement → New Criticism ⓘ
Practical Criticism → influenced → New Criticism ⓘ
Cleanth Brooks → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
W. K. Wimsatt → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
W. K. Wimsatt → influenced → Anglo-American New Criticism ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
R. P. Blackmur → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
R. P. Blackmur → associatedWith → American New Criticism ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
Essays in Criticism → influenced → New Criticism ⓘ
The World’s Body → influenced → New Criticism ⓘ
The World’s Body → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
The World’s Body → relatedWork → The New Criticism ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
Two Gentlemen in Bonds → associatedWith → New Criticism ⓘ
Selected Poems → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
Fugitive Poets → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
Fugitive Poets → influenced → New Criticism ⓘ
Southern Agrarians → influenced → New Criticism ⓘ
The Armed Vision → examines → New Criticism ⓘ
William Empson → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
F. R. Leavis → movement → New Criticism (broadly associated) ⓘ
linked to: New Criticism
Denis Donoghue → movement → New Criticism ⓘ
Edmund Wilson → movement → New Criticism ⓘ