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Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I. The New Criticism and itsCritics: 1. Contemporary responses to the New Criticism; 2. The historicalcontext of the New Criticism; 3. Before the New Criticism; Conclusion; PartII. The Formation of the New Criticism: Introduction; 4. John Crowe Ransom:the social relations of aesthetic activity; 5. Allen Tate: the socialorganisation of literature; 6. Robert Penn Warren: against propaganda andirresponsibility; Conclusion: the analysis of a Southern poet; Part III. TheEstablishment of the New Criticism: Introduction; 7. The origins of academicinvolvement; 8. Understanding literature: textbooks and the distribution ofthe New Criticism; 9. The form of criticism; Part IV. The Development of theNew Criticism: Introduction; 10. John Crowe Ransom: the isolation ofaesthetic activity; 11. Allen Tate: the man of letters and the cold war; 12.Robert Penn Warren: literature and social engagement; Part V. Conclusion:Modernism and Postmodernism Within the American Academy: Introduction; 13.The professionalization of literary study; 14. The New Critical intervention;15. Cultural criticism and postmodernity; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography;Index.