Fugitive Poets

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Fugitive Poets was an influential early 20th-century literary group of Southern American writers and critics associated with the magazine The Fugitive, known for shaping New Criticism and modern Southern literature.

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Fugitive Poets canonical 2

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instanceOf American writers collective
literary group
activeInCentury 20th century
alsoKnownAs The Fugitives NERFINISHED
associatedInstitution Vanderbilt University NERFINISHED
associatedWith The Fugitive NERFINISHED
basedIn Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
characteristic emphasis on craftsmanship in poetry
interest in modernist techniques
reaction against sentimentalism in Southern writing
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalContext interwar American South
dissolved late 1920s
editorialFigure John Crowe Ransom NERFINISHED
field literary theory
literature
poetics
focus formal analysis of poetry
regional Southern themes
genre literary criticism
poetry
historicalSignificance contributed to the development of modern Southern literature
helped establish close reading as a critical method
influenced American literary modernism
New Criticism NERFINISHED
Southern Agrarians NERFINISHED
language English
location Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED
medium little magazine
movement New Criticism NERFINISHED
modern Southern literature
notableMember Allen Tate NERFINISHED
Andrew Lytle NERFINISHED
Cleanth Brooks NERFINISHED
Donald Davidson NERFINISHED
John Crowe Ransom NERFINISHED
Merrill Moore NERFINISHED
Robert Penn Warren NERFINISHED
Sidney Mttron Hirsch NERFINISHED
publication The Fugitive NERFINISHED
region American South NERFINISHED
startTime early 1920s

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John Crowe Ransom memberOf Fugitive Poets
Allen Tate memberOf Fugitive Poets