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 10

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instanceOf New Criticism theorist ⓘ
academic ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
almaMater Tulane University ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
Vanderbilt University ⓘ
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ
National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture ⓘ
coAuthor Robert Penn Warren ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-10-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-05-10 ⓘ
editorOf The Southern Review ⓘ
educatedAt Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford ⓘ
employer Louisiana State University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
era 20th-century literary criticism ⓘ
familyName Brooks ⓘ
fieldOfWork literary criticism ⓘ
poetry analysis ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Cleanth ⓘ
influenced 20th-century poetry criticism ⓘ
American literary studies ⓘ
knownFor close reading of poetry ⓘ
emphasis on the autonomy of the literary text ⓘ
theoretical writings on New Criticism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement New Criticism ⓘ
name Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Modern Poetry and the Tradition ⓘ
The Well Wrought Urn ⓘ
Understanding Fiction ⓘ
Understanding Poetry ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Murray, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
linked to: Murray, Kentucky
placeOfBurial Murray, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
linked to: Murray, Kentucky
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
spouse Edith Amy Blanchard ⓘ
taught Louisiana State University English Department ⓘ
Yale University English Department ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Criticism → keyFigure → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
Southern Renaissance → hasNotableAuthor → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
I. A. Richards → influenced → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
The Well Wrought Urn → author → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
Cleanth Brooks → name → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
Hugh Kenner → doctoralAdvisor → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
Charles Frankel Prize → hasRecipient → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
Fugitive Poets → notableMember → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
Southern Agrarians → member → Cleanth Brooks ⓘ