The Well Wrought Urn
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The Well Wrought Urn is a seminal work of literary criticism by Cleanth Brooks that helped define and popularize the principles of New Criticism through close readings of English poetry.
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book
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work of literary criticism ⓘ |
| argues |
a poem should be treated as an autonomous verbal object
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paradox is central to poetic meaning ⓘ paraphrase cannot capture a poem's full meaning ⓘ |
| author | Cleanth Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept | heresy of paraphrase ⓘ |
| containsChapterOn |
Andrew Marvell
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John Donne NERFINISHED ⓘ John Keats NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ William Wordsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalApproach | formalism ⓘ |
| deemphasizes |
authorial intention
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historical and biographical context ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
close analysis of textual details
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organic unity of the poem ⓘ |
| focusesOn | interpretation of individual poems ⓘ |
| genre | literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | canon formation in English literature studies ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of 20th-century literary theory ⓘ |
| helpedDefine | principles of New Criticism ⓘ |
| helpedPopularize | close reading as a critical method ⓘ |
| influenced |
later formalist criticism
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teaching of literature in mid-20th-century American universities ⓘ |
| influencedBy | T. S. Eliot's critical essays ⓘ |
| isConsidered | seminal text of New Criticism ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | university literature courses ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | New Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableChapter |
"Keats's Sylvan Historian"
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"The Heresy of Paraphrase" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Language of Paradox" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt, Brace & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
English poetry
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close reading ⓘ paradox in poetry ⓘ poetic structure ⓘ unity of the poem ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
16th-century English poetry
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17th-century English poetry ⓘ 19th-century English poetry ⓘ 20th-century English poetry ⓘ |
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