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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973464903321

Titolo

Praising it new : the best of the New Criticism / / edited by Garrick Davis ; foreword by William Logan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8040-4033-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavisGarrick

Disciplina

801/.950973

Soggetti

New Criticism - United States

American poetry - History and criticism - Theory, etc

English poetry - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Anthology of New Criticism, edited with an introduction, notes, biographies, and selected bibliographies.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""A NOTE ON THE EDITOR'S METHOD OF SELECTION""; ""INTRODUCTION: The Golden Age of Poetry Criticism""; ""Part 1: Where to Begin?""; ""THE IDEAL APPROACH TO CRITICISM""; ""THE NEW SYLLABUS""; ""AGAINST THE HISTORICAL METHOD""; ""TEACHING LITERARY CRITICISM""; ""Part 2: The New Criticism""; ""FIRST PRINCIPLES""; ""AGAINST THE FALLACIES""; ""THE PURITY OF POETRY""; ""THE OBJECTIVE CORRELATIVE""; ""THE DISSOCIATION OF SENSIBILITY""; ""CLOSE READING""; ""Part 3: Techniques and Truths""; ""BREAKING THE PENTAMETER""; ""MAKING IT NEW""

""POETRY AS A MORAL DISCIPLINE""""Part 4: Appraising Poets and Periods""; ""THE CORRECTION OF TASTE""; ""CODA""; ""APPENDIX""; ""SOURCE CREDITS""

Sommario/riassunto

This anthology of New Criticism includes essays by T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, John Crowe Ransom, Cleanth Brooks, Allen Tate, R.P. Blackmur, W.K. Wimstatt and Robert Penn Warren. Also included are short biographies and selected bibliographies of the chief figures of the New Criticism.