Name: The New Criticism
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The New Criticism

Formalist Literary Theory in America

Edited By: Alfred J. Drake

£34.99

This volume traces the history and theories of the New Criticism school. It assesses the New Critics' lasting influence, examining how their work has been contextualized, criticized, and valorized by subsequent theorists and educators.

This volume covers a variety of authors and topics related to the New Criticism school of the 1920s–1950s in America. Contributors trace the history of…

This volume covers a variety of authors and topics related to the New Criticism school of the 1920s–1950s in America. Contributors trace the history of the New Criticism as a movement, consider theoretical and practical aspects of various proponents, and assess the record of subsequent engagement with its tenets. The volume will prove valuable for its renewed concentration not only on the New Critics themselves, but also on the way they and their work have been contextualized, criticized, and valorized by theorists and educators during and after their period of greatest influence, both in the United States and abroad.

Alfred J. Drake lectures in Literature and the History of Criticism at Chapman University in Orange, California, and at California State University, Fullerton. He is the editor of New Essays on the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).

Rick Armstrong is Assistant Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York. He is the editor of Robert Altman: Critical Essays (McFarland Press).

Shep Steiner lectures in Contemporary Art and Theory in the School of Arts at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of Rodney Graham: Phonokinetoscope (Afterall Books) and co-editor, with Trevor Joyce, of Cork Caucus: On Art, Possibility and Democracy (Revolver).