BiblioFiles #105: American New Criticism

New Criticism is a literary theory developed in America during the 20th century by thinkers whose influence can still be felt in the way we talk about literature today. In this episode, the CenterForLit crew attempts to describe the movement in layman’s terms while discussing the positive and negative implications of the way New Critics read.

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Referenced Works:

– Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

– The New Criticism by John Crowe Ransom

– “Are Poetica” by Archibald MacLeish

– Seven Types of Ambiguity by William Empson

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