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noun

(often initial capital letters) an approach to the critical study of literature that concentrates on textual explication and rejects historical and biographical study as irrelevant to an understanding of the total formal organization of a work.

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Compare explication de texte.

Origin of new criticism

First recorded in 1940–45

OTHER WORDS FROM new criticism

new critic, New Critic, noun

Words nearby new criticism

New Comedy, Newcomen, newcomer, New Country, new covenant, new criticism, new cuisine, New Deal, New Delhi, New Democratic Party, New Economic Policy

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How to use new criticism in a sentence

The DeSantis administration is also facing new criticism for how it is tabulating the pandemic death toll.
Inside a Florida Hospital Full of Dying, Unvaxxed Thirtysomethings|Francisco Alvarado|September 2, 2021|The Daily Beast
In the first sunny hours since the bill got through Congress, they've mostly been congratulating themselves, taking special pleasure yesterday when McConnell made a new criticism of the bill.
The Trailer: What the stimulus means for the next campaign|David Weigel|March 11, 2021|Washington Post
His supremacy and that of his satellites Moore and Campbell were championed by the old papers and by the two new Criticism.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
The problem consists in this: that our doctrine necessitates a new criticism of the sources of history.
Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History|Antonio Labriola

We therefore hope the orthodox parsons will refute the "New Criticism."
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote
The general view of the Bible herein set forth rests upon the conclusions of no new criticism.
The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible|R. Heber Newton
A new criticism arose, and bade literature draw from life, while a vivid idealism accompanied anxiety for historical truth.
Modern Italian Poets|William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for new criticism

new criticism

noun

an approach to literary criticism through close analysis of the text

Derived forms of new criticism

new critic, nounnew critical, adjective

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