new criticism

new crit·i·cism

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noun new criticism (often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work. 1
noun new criticism an approach to literary criticism through close analysis of the text 0
noun new criticism a method of literary analysis, in vogue in the mid-20th cent., stressing close examination of the text itself, its tone, imagery, structure, etc. 0

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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