Robert Penn Warren, critic
By: Charlotte Beck.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- -- Knowledge -- Literature.; American literature -- United States -- History and criticism.; Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; New Criticism -- United States.
Description: "Despite the fact that Robert Penn Warren was one of the most prolific critics of the twentieth century, Charlotte H. Beck's Robert Penn Warren, Critic is the first thorough study of Warren as a literary critic in his own right."

"Using a largely chronological approach, Charlotte Beck has carefully traced the evolution of Warren's criticism, focusing on seminal examples of the critical books, essays, and introductions that Warren produced over a period of almost seventy years. Her conclusions often run counter to previous evaluations of Warren's criticism, especially to those that complacently link Warren to Cleanth Brooks, his lifelong friend and collaborator, and to New Criticism in general. Beck demonstrates that Warren consistently treats writers holistically, taking into account biographical as well as historical data, to account for their entire body of work, rather than focusing on a single literary text."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.