New Criticism
The New Criticism was a critical movement in the second
third of the twentieth century, particularly in America. Among
the major figures in the movement were Monroe C. Beardsley, R. P.
Blackmur, Cleanth Brooks, T. S. Eliot, John Crowe Ransom, Allen
Tate, Robert Penn Warren, and W. K. Wimsatt.
New Criticism stressed the important of treating works of
literature ???
The New Critics warned readers about the dangers of what Wimsatt
and Beardsley called the Intentional
Fallacy and the Affective
Fallacy -- both drew readers' attention away from the text
itself.
From the Guide to Literary Terms by Jack Lynch.
Please send comments to jlynch@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
Note: This guide is still in the early stages of development. Bear with me.