New Criticism Definition
noun
A method of literary analysis, in vogue in the mid-20th cent., stressing close examination of the text itself, its tone, imagery, structure, etc.
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pronoun
A movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle of the 20th century, emphasizing close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.
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