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Robert Penn Warren, critic

Title
Robert Penn Warren, critic / Charlotte H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Charlotte H., 1937-
Publication
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2006], ©2006.

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x, 192 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Despite the fact that Robert Penn Warren was one of the most prolific critics of the twentieth century, Charlotte H. Beck's Robert Penn Warren, Critic is the first thorough study of Warren as a literary critic in his own right." "Using a largely chronological approach, Charlotte Beck has carefully traced the evolution of Warren's criticism, focusing on seminal examples of the critical books, essays, and introductions that Warren produced over a period of almost seventy years. Her conclusions often run counter to previous evaluations of Warren's criticism, especially to those that complacently link Warren to Cleanth Brooks, his lifelong friend and collaborator, and to New Criticism in general. Beck demonstrates that Warren consistently treats writers holistically, taking into account biographical as well as historical data, to account for their entire body of work, rather than focusing on a single literary text."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 > Knowledge and learning
  • Literature
  • American literature > History and criticism
  • Criticism > United States > History > 20th century
  • New Criticism > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-179) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Robert Penn Warren, critic malgre lui -- Ch. 2. Warren's criticism in the 1920s and 1930s : reviews, agrarian apologetics, and the new criticism -- Ch. 3. The 1940s : a decade of criticism -- Ch. 4. The 1950s and 1960s : Warren's criticism in transition -- Ch. 5. The prolific 1970s -- Ch. 6. Epilogue : the 1980s.
ISBN
1572334746 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
  • 2005031041
  • 9781572334748
OCLC
  • OCM62324450
  • SCSB-5282977
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries