Contents
Introduction
John Crowe Ransom 1888̶̶̶̶ –1974 'Wanted: An Ontological Critic
Kenneth Burke 1897–1993 Jreud—and the Analysis ofPoetry
Louise Bogan 1897–1970 Some Notes on Popular and unpopular Art
Allen Tate 1899–1979 'Tension in Poetry
Yvor Winters 1900–1968 The Audible Reading of Poetry
R. P. Blackmur 1904–1965 Lord 'Tennyson's Scissors: 1912–1950
Robert Penn Warren 1905–1989 Pure and Impure Poetry
Elder Olson 1909–1992 The Lyric
Robert Hayden 1913–1980 "How It Strikes a Contemporary" Reflections on Poetry and the Role of the Poet
Delmore Schwartz 1913–1966 meIsolation of Modern Poetry
Randall Jarrell 1914–1965 Poets, Critics, and Readers
John Ciardi 1916–1986 How Does a Poem Mean?
Bibliography