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Cleanth Brooks

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American literary critic and academic

Born 1906
Died 1994

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  • Cover of: Literary Criticism : a Short History: Classical Criticism

    First published in 2021 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: The well wrought urn: studies in the structure of poetry.
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    First published in 1947 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Understanding poetry: an anthology for college students
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    Cover of edition understandingpoe0000broo Cover of edition understandingpoe01broo Cover of edition understandingpoe00broo Cover of edition understandingpoe00broo First published in 1938 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Modern poetry and the tradition
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    First published in 1939 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Understanding drama

    First published in 1945 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: William Faulkner: the Yoknapatawpha country
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    Cover of edition williamfaulknery0000broo Cover of edition williamfaulkner00clea First published in 1963 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: American Literature: The Makers and the Making

    First published in 1973 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Understanding fiction
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  • Cover of: Modern rhetoric
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    Cover of edition modernrhetoricin0000broo Cover of edition modernrhetoric0000broo_s2x2 Cover of edition modernrhetoric00broo Cover of edition modernrhetoric0000broo_d5f9 Cover of edition modernrhetoric0000broo_g4u2 First published in 1949 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: An approach to literature
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  • Cover of: Understanding fiction
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    Cover of edition understandingfic00broo Cover of edition understandingfic0000unse First published in 1959 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Modern Poetry and the Tradition
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    Cover of edition modernpoetrytrad0000clea_f2t8 Cover of edition bwb_P9-AUL-981 First published in 1939 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The well wrought urn: studies in the structure of poetry
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    First published in 1947 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: American literature: the makers and the making: Volume II
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    Cover of edition americanliterat02broo Cover of edition americanliteratu02broo First published in 1973 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: American literature: the makers and the making: Volume I
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  • Cover of: Understanding fiction
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    First published in 1979 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A shaping joy: studies in the writer's craft

    First published in 1971 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Understanding drama: twelve plays

    First published in 1948 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The hidden God: studies in Hemingway, Faulkner, Yeats, Eliot, and Warren
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    First published in 1963 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Tragic themes in Western literature
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    First published in 1955 — 3 editions
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We need a photo of Cleanth Brooks

American literary critic and academic

Born 1906
Died 1994

Subjects

History and criticism, American literature, Drama, English poetry, Poetry, Fiction, History, Short stories, American poetry, Collections, Criticism and interpretation, English language, American literature, history and criticism, Rhetoric, Tragedy, Christianity in literature, Englisch, English literature, Histoire et critique, Literature, Modern Poetry, Poetics, American Authors, American Civil War, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century

Places

United States, Southern States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Mississippi, Araby, Araby bazaar, England, English-speaking countries, Georgia, Great Britain, Jefferson, North Richmond Street, Yoknapatawpha County

People

William Faulkner (1897-1962), T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), Peyton Farquhar, Cleanth Brooks (1906-), Allen Tate (1899-), Cleanth Brooks, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, John Bowle (1725-1788), Mangan's sister, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Mr. Grierson, Robert Penn Warren (1905-), Thomas Percy (1729-1811), Tobe, William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Time

20th century, 1861-65, 1865-, Civil War, 1861-1865, 17th century, Antebellum era, Early modern, 1500-1700

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March 2, 2025 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
August 23, 2019 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari Edited without comment.
August 23, 2019 Edited by Camillo Pellizzari merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID