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| Weeks 2-3 (9/3-9/12) The New Criticism
Cleanth Brooks, "The Heresy of Paraphrase"
a close reading consists of analyzing the formal properties of a poem.
new critics introduced the profession of the literary critic
a person whose job made her competent to analyze litereary art (attempted to establish credentials)
Rene Wellet: unique analytical value
Brooks' assertions:
there is such a thing as poetry and it can be systematically examined.
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