page_title: John Crowe Ransom
hierarchical_section_title: John Crowe Ransom
caption_attribution_description: English: John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College, 1941
context_page_description: John Crowe Ransom was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist.
context_section_description: John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 – July 3, 1974) was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor.  He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism.   As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review.  Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist.
caption: John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College in 1941. Photo by Robie Macauley.
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