Cleanth Brooks (1906–1994)
Author of The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry
About the Author
Cleanth Brooks was born in Murray, Kentucky on October 16, 1906. He was educated at Vanderbilt, Tulane, and Oxford universities. From 1932 to 1947, he taught English at Louisiana State University and then moved on to Yale University. At Yale, he helped to articulate the principles of New Criticism, show more which dominated literary studies in the 1940s and 1950s. He coedited the journal Southern Review with Robert Penn Warren. He also wrote several titles in collaboration with Warren, including Understanding Poetry and Understanding Fiction. A third work Understanding Drama was written in collaboration with Robert Heilman. His other works included The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry and Modern Poetry and the Tradition. He died on May 10, 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Cleanth Brooks
On the Prejudices, Predilections, and Firm Beliefs of William Faulkner: Essays (Southern Literary Studies) (1987) 14 copies
American Literature: The Makers and the Making Book d 1914 to the Present (American Literature (St Martins)) (1974) 8 copies
American Literature: The Makers and the Making, Beginnings to 1826/Book A (American Literature (St Martins)) (1974) 3 copies
The Relation of the Alabama-Georgia Dialect to the Provincial Dialects of Great Britain (1972) 2 copies
La struttura della poesia 2 copies
Poetisk struktur 2 copies
The Southern review 1 copy
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 915 copies
Tekstboek algemene literatuurwetenschap moderne ontwikkelingen in de literatuurwetenschap geillustreerd in een… (1977) — Contributor — 13 copies
The correspondence of Thomas Percy & Edmond Malone (The Percy letters) (1944) — Editor, some editions — 5 copies
The Percy letters. 9, The correspondence of Thomas Percy and Robert Anderson (1989) — Editor, some editions — 5 copies
The Percy Letters: The Correspondence of Thomas Percy and Richard Farmer — Editor, some editions — 3 copies
The Percy Letters: The Correspondence of Thomas Percy and Thomas Warton. — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
The Percy Letters: The Correspondence of Thomas Percy and David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
The Percy Letters: The Correspondence of Thomas Percy and Evan Evans. — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
The Percy Letters: The correspondence of Thomas Percy & George Paton — Editor, some editions — 2 copies
Essays in honor of Esmond Linworth Marilla — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Brooks, Cleanth
- Birthdate
- 1906-10-16
- Date of death
- 1994-05-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Murray, Kentucky, USA
- Place of death
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer of the esophagus
- Places of residence
- Murray, Kentucky, USA (birth)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Education
- Vanderbilt University (BA ∙ 1928)
Tulane University (MA | 1929)
Exeter College, Oxford University (BA | 1931 | BLitt | 1932)
McTyeire School - Occupations
- professor
literary critic
editor - Relationships
- Warrren, Robert Penn (friend)
Tate, Allen (friend)
Ransom, John Crowe (friend)
Lytle, Andrew (friend)
Davidson, Donald (teacher)
Kenner, Hugh (student) (show all 9)
Lowell, Robert (student)
McLuhan, Marshall (friend)
Mims, Edwin (teacher) - Organizations
- Fellowship of Southern Writers (1987)
The Southern Review (co-founder, editor-in-chief)
American Association of University Professors
Athenaeum
Louisiana State University
Yale University (show all 11)
Kenyon School of English
Member of advisory committee for Boswell Papers
Library of Congress
Modern Language Association of America
Bread Loaf School of English - Awards and honors
- Jefferson Lecture (1985)
Royal Society of Literature
Guggenheim fellowship
Senior fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1966)
National Institute of Arts and Letters (1970) (show all 9)
American Philosophical Society (1973)
Phi Beta Kappa
Rhodes Scholar
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Statistics
- Works
- 58
- Also by
- 24
- Members
- 1,814
- Popularity
- #14,171
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 17
- ISBNs
- 75
- Languages
- 1
- Favorited
- 1
OK, OK, so I'm doing my time-dishonored 'review way before finished' thing, here, but -- Wimsatt and Brooks give great attention to Plato and Aristotle before moving on. The coverage and discussion, at least in what I have read, is truly fine.