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1. new criticismnoun

   literary criticism based on close analysis of the text

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1. New Criticism

   New Criticism was a formalist movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle decades of the 20th century. It emphasized close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work of literature functioned as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object. The movement derived its name from John Crowe Ransom's 1941 book The New Criticism. The work of Cambridge scholar I. A. Richards, especially his Practical Criticism and The Meaning of Meaning, which offered what was claimed to be an empirical scientific approach, were important to the development of New Critical methodology. Also very influential were the critical essays of T. S. Eliot, such as "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and "Hamlet and His Problems", in which Eliot developed his notions of the "theory of impersonality" and "objective correlative" respectively. Eliot's evaluative judgments, such as his condemnation of Milton and Dryden, his liking for the so-called metaphysical poets, and his insistence that poetry must be impersonal, greatly influenced the formation of the New Critical canon.

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1. new criticism

   New Criticism is a school of literary theory that emerged in the mid-20th century and focused mainly on close textual analysis of literature, emphasizing the importance of textual elements such as metaphors, symbols, intonations, and other formal aspects. New Critics sought to strip away the historical and personal context of a work to focus on its 'objective' meanings, viewing literature as a self-contained work of art that should be closely analyzed without the consideration of authorial intent, social contexts, or reader response.

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1. New Criticism

   New Criticism was a movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle decades of the 20th century. It emphasized close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work of literature functioned as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.

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