Cleanth Brooks
American literary critic
Cleanth Brooks was an American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-20th century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education. Wikipedia
Born: October 16, 1906, Murray, KY
Died: May 10, 1994 (age 87 years), New Haven, CT
Education: Exeter College (1931), Vanderbilt University (1928), and Tulane University (1928)
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