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... Criticism by John Crowe Ransom , pub- lished in 1941. This book , I understand , raised objections about the critics it reviewed - such men as I. A. Richards , William Empson , T. S. Eliot and Yvor Winters . But , ironically , its title ...
... Criticism by John Crowe Ransom , pub- lished in 1941. This book , I understand , raised objections about the critics it reviewed - such men as I. A. Richards , William Empson , T. S. Eliot and Yvor Winters . But , ironically , its title ...
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... criticism itself adhered to a scien- tific model , characterized by a proliferation of technical vocabulary ( e.g. , terms such as " tenor " and " vehicle " for the referents of meta- phor , Eliot's " objective correlative , " Burke's ...
... criticism itself adhered to a scien- tific model , characterized by a proliferation of technical vocabulary ( e.g. , terms such as " tenor " and " vehicle " for the referents of meta- phor , Eliot's " objective correlative , " Burke's ...
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... Criticism's reaction is complete . In Chapter 10 , " The Current Scene " I explore what seems to me to be the unfortunate effects on poetry of the current em- phasis . Robert Wallace has said that some people write poems , others just ...
... Criticism's reaction is complete . In Chapter 10 , " The Current Scene " I explore what seems to me to be the unfortunate effects on poetry of the current em- phasis . Robert Wallace has said that some people write poems , others just ...
Contents
poetry and use | 11 |
poetry and truth | 20 |
Questions for Study | 34 |
Copyright | |
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