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new criticism
–noun
(often initial capital letters ) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work. |
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New Criticism
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| New Criticism
n. A method of literary evaluation and interpretation practiced chiefly in the mid-20th century that emphasizes close examination of a text with minimum regard for the biographical or historical circumstances in which it was produced. New Critic n. |
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| new criticism | |
noun | |
| literary criticism based on close analysis of the text |
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