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Cleanth Brooks

Cleanth Brooks

1906 – 1994

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Cleanth Brooks was a key figure in the New Criticism movement, a school of thought that focused on the close reading of literary texts. His influential work, Understanding Fiction, helped shape how students and readers approached analyzing stories.

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Non-Fiction Essays Poetry Education Literary Fiction

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Book cover of Understanding fiction

Understanding fiction

Albert Camus

Penguin Modern Classics #4
Book cover of The well wrought urn
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The well wrought urn

Cleanth Brooks

Poetry

Book cover of Understanding poetry

Understanding poetry

Cleanth Brooks

Poetry

Book cover of On The Prejudices, Predilections, and Firm Beliefs of William Faulkner (Southern Literary Studies)

On The Prejudices, Predilections, and Firm Beliefs of William Faulkner (Southern Literary Studies)

Cleanth Brooks

Southern Literary Studies
Book cover of Modern Poetry and the Tradition

Modern Poetry and the Tradition

Cleanth Brooks

Poetry

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