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▸ noun: A movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle of the 20th century, emphasizing close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.
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▸ noun: A movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in the middle of the 20th century, emphasizing close reading, particularly of poetry, to discover how a work functions as a self-contained, self-referential aesthetic object.
▸ Also see new_criticism
▸ Words similar to new critical
▸ Usage examples for new critical
▸ Idioms related to new critical
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near new critical
▸ Rhymes of new critical
▸ Invented words related to new critical