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Tag: John Crowe Ransom

The Chicago Fight (Criticism LTD, Episodes #6-7)

The Chicago Fight (Criticism LTD, Episodes #6-7)

Posted on September 5, 2023September 23, 2023 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

A deep dive into the Chicago Critics who inspired John Crowe Ransom’s 1937 essay, “Criticism Inc.”

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The Racist Interpretation Complex (Criticism LTD, Episode #5)

The Racist Interpretation Complex (Criticism LTD, Episode #5)

Posted on August 28, 2023August 30, 2023 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

What is the political economy of New Criticism? Are the racist and reactionary Cold War politics of the New Critics immanent to their trademark method: close reading?

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