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Cleanth Brooks

1906 - 1994

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Cleanth Brooks ( KLEE-anth; October 16, 1906 – May 10, 1994) was an American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-20th century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education. His best-known works, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry (1947) and Modern Poetry and the Tradition (1939), argue for the centrality of ambiguity and paradox as a way of understanding poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleanth Brooks has received more than 303,209 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Cleanth Brooks is the 7,060th most popular writer (down from 6,326th in 2019), the 16,156th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,972nd in 2019) and the 1,129th most popular American Writer.

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  • 17

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  • 1.39

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  • 3.66

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Among writers, Cleanth Brooks ranks 7,060 out of 7,302. Before him are Larry Christiansen, Es'kia Mphahlele, Marguerite Abouet, Han Han, Ann Patchett, and Urvashi Butalia. After him are Carter Bays, Joy Harjo, Dan Stanca, Khosiyat Rustam, Léonora Miano, and Allen Drury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Cleanth Brooks ranks 446. Before him are Nii Amaa Ollennu, Elisabeth Lutyens, Gale Gordon, Roger Livesey, Dave Trottier, and Julio Rosales.  Among people deceased in 1994, Cleanth Brooks ranks 368. Before him are Whina Cooper, István Timár, Dennis Potter, Eric Linden, Heather Sears, and Dixy Lee Ray. After him are Raich Carter, Jack Hargreaves, and Han Xu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cleanth Brooks ranks 16,156 out of 20,380. Before him are Kellita Smith (1969), Hornswoggle (1986), Kendra Wilkinson (1985), Todd Graff (1959), Cody Cameron (1970), and Otis Thorpe (1962). After him are Chuck Palumbo (1971), Susan Ward (1976), Leslie Odom Jr. (1981), Mark Dindal (1960), Carter Bays (1975), and Sam Graddy (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cleanth Brooks ranks 1,129. Before him are James Gould Cozzens (1903), Sherman Alexie (1966), Kenneth Turan (1946), Edward P. Jones (1950), Larry Christiansen (1956), and Ann Patchett (1963). After him are Carter Bays (1975), Joy Harjo (1951), Allen Drury (1918), Maggie Stiefvater (1981), Beau Willimon (1977), and Jim Cornette (1961).

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