American literature

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.

Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, literary critic and professor at Yale University.

American literary scholar and critic, winner of Pulitzer Prize for Biography, National Book Critics Circle Award