understanding poetry by brooks and warren encapsulates the principles of poetry literary theory.
understanding poetry by brooks and warren encapsulates the principles of poetry literary theory.
understanding poetry by brooks and warren encapsulates the principles of what literary theory?
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understanding poetry was an american college textbook and poetry anthology by cleanth brooks and robert penn warren, first published in 1938. the book influenced new criticism and went through its fourth edition in 1976.









































the textbook "widely influenced ... the study of poetry at the college level in america." the intercollegiate studies institute has named the book one of the "fifty best books of the century."
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writing in "the virginia quarterly review", harold b. sween said: "among the rank and file of university faculty in the english-speaking world, few works of this century have gained the influence of two of his [brooks'] textbooks written in collaboration with warren, understanding poetry (1938) and understanding fiction (1943). they revolutionized the teaching of literature in thousands of classrooms for 25 years. . .brooks and warren gained universal recognition for changing the focus of reading poetry (and fiction)." 









































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