WRITER

John Crowe Ransom

1888 - 1974

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John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 – July 3, 1974) was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Crowe Ransom has received more than 267,933 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Crowe Ransom is the 6,743rd most popular writer (down from 6,179th in 2019), the 13,727th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,352nd in 2019) and the 1,003rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

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  • 3.90

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Notable Works

The United States in Literature
memory plays, autobiographical drama, Family
Contains: ... - [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) by Nathaniel Hawthorne ... - [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863232W/Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) by Ambrose Bierce ... - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings) by Kate Chopin ... - [The Glass Menagerie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL30293W) by Tennesse Williams
1985
The new criticism
Criticism, History and criticism, Poetry
1941
Poems
American poetry
1945
The world's body
History and criticism, Poetry
1938
God without thunder
Religion and science
1930

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Crowe Ransom ranks 6,743 out of 7,302. Before him are Alison Weir, Khady Sylla, Durs Grünbein, Jane Taylor, Virginia Hamilton, and Lorrie Moore. After him are Ilija Trojanow, Jay McInerney, Ihor Pavlyuk, Zoe Akins, Dave Eggers, and Maja Haderlap.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, John Crowe Ransom ranks 278. Before him are Georges Vanier, Paul Cavanagh, Marguerite Marsh, Tor Lund, Clemence Dane, and Lucien Hubbard. After him are Thomas Sopwith, Clarence DeMar, Hazel Abel, Jay Gould II, and Lewis Tewanima. Among people deceased in 1974, John Crowe Ransom ranks 264. Before him are Jim Bausch, Ernest Gruening, Bill Aston, Dorothy Fields, Norman Kirk, and Johnny Mack Brown. After him are Barbara Jo Allen, Margaret Morse Nice, Pamela Britton, Chet Huntley, and Eric Harrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Crowe Ransom ranks 13,727 out of 20,380. Before him are Hugh McCulloch (1808), Paul Buchheit (1977), Lorrie Moore (1957), Joe Keery (1992), Ariana Jollee (1982), and George Pérez (1954). After him are Redman (1970), Sue Bird (1980), Michael R. Clifford (1952), Kirsten Price (1981), Billy Gunn (1963), and Lamont Dozier (1941).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Crowe Ransom ranks 1,003. Before him are Mark Z. Danielewski (1966), Ken Levine (1966), Robert Hunter (1941), Katherine Schwarzenegger (1989), Virginia Hamilton (1936), and Lorrie Moore (1957). After him are Jay McInerney (1955), Zoe Akins (1886), Dave Eggers (1970), H. Beam Piper (1904), James K. Morrow (1947), and Horton Foote (1916).

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