Literary theory 2: Structuralism, Deconstruction, and more, hooray!
The Bookening
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The Locus of Meaning
New criticism also was very closely attached to the agrarian movement. They were all concerned about the humanizing ability of literature. A real deep understanding of a poem, a real appreciation of the way it works could actually save your soul. That's what they would have argued.
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