John Crowe Ransom

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John Crowe Ransom was an American poet, critic, and leading figure of the New Criticism movement, known for his influential essays on literary theory and his role in shaping 20th-century literary studies.

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instanceOf New Criticism theorist
academic
essayist
human
literary critic
poet
awardReceived Bollingen Prize for Poetry
National Book Award for Poetry
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1888-04-30
dateOfDeath 1974-07-03
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Vanderbilt University
employer Kenyon College
Vanderbilt University
familyName Ransom
fieldOfWork criticism
literary theory
poetry
genre literary essay
lyric poetry
givenName John
hasInfluenced 20th-century literary criticism
American studies
surface form: American literary studies
influenced New Criticism
surface form: New Criticism movement
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Fugitive Poets
Southern Agrarians
movement New Criticism
notableIdea close reading
formalism in literary criticism
notableWork Chills and Fever
God Without Thunder
Selected Poems
New Criticism
surface form: The New Criticism

The World’s Body
Two Gentlemen in Bonds
occupation literary critic
poet
university teacher
placeOfBirth Pulaski, Tennessee
placeOfDeath Gambier, Ohio
positionHeld founding editor of The Kenyon Review
professor of poetry
sexOrGender male

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