Fugitive Poets

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Fugitive Poets was an influential early 20th-century literary group of Southern American writers and critics associated with the magazine The Fugitive, known for shaping New Criticism and modern Southern literature.

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Fugitive Poets canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American writers collective ⓘ
literary group ⓘ
activeInCentury 20th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Fugitives ⓘ
associatedInstitution Vanderbilt University ⓘ
associatedWith The Fugitive ⓘ
basedIn Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
characteristic emphasis on craftsmanship in poetry ⓘ
interest in modernist techniques ⓘ
reaction against sentimentalism in Southern writing ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalContext interwar American South ⓘ
dissolved late 1920s ⓘ
editorialFigure John Crowe Ransom ⓘ
field literary theory ⓘ
literature ⓘ
poetics ⓘ
focus formal analysis of poetry ⓘ
regional Southern themes ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to the development of modern Southern literature ⓘ
helped establish close reading as a critical method ⓘ
influenced American literary modernism ⓘ
New Criticism ⓘ
Southern Agrarians ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
medium little magazine ⓘ
movement New Criticism ⓘ
modern Southern literature ⓘ
notableMember Allen Tate ⓘ
Andrew Lytle ⓘ
Cleanth Brooks ⓘ
Donald Davidson ⓘ
John Crowe Ransom ⓘ
Merrill Moore ⓘ
Robert Penn Warren ⓘ
Sidney Mttron Hirsch ⓘ
publication The Fugitive ⓘ
region American South ⓘ
startTime early 1920s ⓘ

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John Crowe Ransom → memberOf → Fugitive Poets ⓘ
Allen Tate → memberOf → Fugitive Poets ⓘ
Robert Penn Warren → memberOf → Fugitive Poets ⓘ
Southern Agrarians → precededBy → Fugitive Poets ⓘ