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New Criticismor formalismPost–World War I school of Anglo-American literary theory that insisted on the intrinsic value of a work of art and focused attention on the individual work alone as an independent unit of meaning. New Critics were opposed to the practice of bringing historical or biographical data to bear on the interpretation of a work. The primary critical technique was analytic (or “close”) reading of the text, concentrating on its language, imagery, and emotional or intellectual tensions. Critics associated with the movement include I. A. Richards, William Empson, John Crowe Ransom, and R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Allen Tate, though a New Critic, does not in these essays completely dismiss the need to look at history or biography. Utilising a theory more appropriate in the current academic climate, in which the New Critic can no longer assume privilege, offers the opportunity to re-approach the texts and question whether existing conclusions are justified. Thus instead of seeing a Wordsworth poem as a New Critic might--as a depiction, say, of certain universal aspects of human experience, such as memory and self-consciousness--a New Historicist would see it as a depiction of bourgeois mentality confronted with a rapidly industrializing economy. |
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