Name the author of The New Criticism ?
Correct answer: C. John Crowe Ransom
- A. F. R. Leavis
- B. Allen Tate
- C. John Crowe Ransom
- D. R. P. Blackmur
Explanation
John Crowe Ransom wrote The New Criticism, published in 1941, and gave the New Critical movement its name. Allen Tate and R. P. Blackmur were associated with the movement, but they did not author this defining book.
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