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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 282,195 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cleanth Brooks is the 6,350th most popular writer, the 15,013th most popular biography from United States and the 1,042nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 280k

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  • 31.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cleanth Brooks ranks 6,350 out of 5,755. Before him are Judith Schalansky, Giuliana Rancic, Zehra Doğan, Tom Bergeron, Lotta Lotass, and Sipan Shiraz. After him are Yiyun Li, Edwidge Danticat, Han Han, Rita Dove, Scott Lynch, and Tom Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Cleanth Brooks ranks 391. Before him are Stuart Milner-Barry, Gale Gordon, William J. Brennan Jr., Dunc Gray, Dave Trottier, and Dorothy Tree.  Among people deceased in 1994, Cleanth Brooks ranks 319. Before him are Parveen Shakir, Heather Sears, Dennis Morgan, Hal Smith, Frances Gifford, and Robert Wangila.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cleanth Brooks ranks 15,013 out of 18,182. Before him are Annie Ilonzeh (1983), Donna de Varona (1947), Kevin Hooks (1958), Booboo Stewart (1994), Rico Rodriguez (1998), and Amanda Fuller (1984). After him are Ana Gasteyer (1967), Kelly Ripa (1970), Steve Harris (1965), Jacky Rosen (1957), Nick Nurse (1967), and Jack Dalrymple (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Cleanth Brooks ranks 1,042. Before him are Scott Smith (1965), Rebecca Walker (1969), Al Roker (1954), Justin Knapp (1982), Bryan Konietzko (1975), and Tom Bergeron (1955). After him are Rita Dove (1952), Scott Lynch (1978), Elizabeth Hand (1957), Sanjay Gupta (1969), Justin Raimondo (1951), and Kristin Cashore (1976).

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