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Definition of New criticism
1. Noun. Literary criticism based on close analysis of the text.
Lexicographical Neighbors of New Criticism
Literary usage of New criticism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1870)
"THE new criticism. "Within the present century, there has come into being a ...
This new criticism, in the eminent sense of the phrase, may be said to be of ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1870)
"THE new criticism. Within the present century, there has come into being a ...
This new criticism, in the eminent sense of the phrase, may be said to be of ..."
3. Creative Criticism: Essays on the Unity of Genius and Taste by Joel Elias Spingarn (1917)
"... THE new criticism "WHAT droll creatures these college professors are whenever
they talk about art," wrote Flaubert in one of his letters, and voiced the ..."
4. Harvard Essays on Classical Subjects by Herbert Weir Smyth (1912)
"The Ara Pacis might well be called the corner-stone of the new criticism of Roman
sculpture, and in a broader sense, of Roman art in general. ..."
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