Which of the following has a distinguishing feature of a style of close verbal analysis in which each…
New Criticism (Ransom, Tate, Brooks, Warren, Wimsatt) championed 'intrinsic' close verbal analysis, treating each poem as an autonomous, self-contained ('autotelic') verbal…
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Which of the following has a distinguishing feature of a style of close verbal analysis in which each text was treated as a self-contained or 'autotelic' structure termed as intrinsic analysis.
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New Criticism (Ransom, Tate, Brooks, Warren, Wimsatt) championed 'intrinsic' close verbal analysis, treating each poem as an autonomous, self-contained ('autotelic') verbal structure independent of authorial biography or historical background.
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