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Cleanth Brooks (/ ˈ k l iː æ n θ / KLEE-anth; October 16, 1906 – May 10, 1994) was an American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-20th century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education.
Cleanth Brooks (born Oct. 16, 1906, Murray, Ky., U.S.—died May 10, 1994, New Haven, Conn.) was an American teacher and critic whose work was important in establishing the New Criticism, which stressed close reading and structural analysis of literature.
Mar 18, 2016 · Cleanth Brooks, an active member of the New Critical movement, outlines the use of reading poems through paradox as a method of critical interpretation. Paradox in poetry means that tension at the surface of a verse can lead to apparent contradictions and hypocrisies.
Oct 27, 2021 · Cleanth Brooks (b. 1906–d. 1994), after T. S. Eliot and I. A. Richards, was arguably among the most influential modern literary critics. He is commonly identified as the representative American “New Critic,” who was subject accordingly both to high praise and to relentless attack through nearly seven decades.
Cleanth Brooks 1906–1994 American critic and nonfiction writer. The following entry presents an overview of Brooks's career.
Cleanth Brooks (October 16, 1906 - May 10, 1994) was an influential American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-twentieth century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education.
Cleanth Brooks was one of 20 th century America’s most respected literary critics and influential literature professors. With Robert Penn Warren, his classmate and longtime colleague, Brooks wrote the classic college textbooks Understanding Poetry (1938) and Understanding Fiction (1943).
