1974
John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (born 1888)
John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (born 1888)
John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (born 1888)
John Crowe Ransom
American writer and literary critic
- Born
- 1888
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. He was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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1888
John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (died 1974)
John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (died 1974)
John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (died 1974)