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Winters's critical style was comparable to that of F. R. Leavis, and in the same way he created a school of students (of mixed loyalty).His affiliations and proposed canon, however, were quite different: Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence above any one novel by Henry James, Robert Bridges above T. S. Eliot, Charles Churchill above Alexander Pope, Fulke Greville and George Gascoigne above ...
In Defense of Reason is a three-volume work of literary criticisms by the American poet and literary critic Yvor Winters.First published in 1947, the book is known for its meticulous study of metrical verse and for its examples of Winters' system of ethical criticism.
Biography [ edit ] Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was a graduate of the University of Chicago , where she was a member of a literary circle that included Glenway Wescott , Elizabeth Madox Roberts , and her future husband Yvor Winters .
Yvor Winters (1900–1968, US, p/nf) Jeanette Winterson (born 1959, England, f/ch/nf) Elizabeth Winthrop (born 1948, US, ch) Kwasi Wiredu (1931–2022, Gold Coast ...
The American critic Yvor Winters suggested in 1939 an alternative canon of Elizabethan poetry, [30] which would exclude the famous representatives of the Petrarchan school of poetry, represented by Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser.
Yvor Winters, the poet and critic, considered Daryush more successful in writing syllabics than was her father, noting that her poem Still-Life was her finest syllabic experiment, [7] and also a companion-piece to Children of Wealth. [8]
Winters is a surname, and may refer to the following people: People. Men. L. Alan ... Yvor Winters (1900–1968), American literary critic and poet; Women.
Yvor Winters served as a regional editor. Allen Tate was the Southern editor until 1933. In 1930, the magazine moved headquarters to New York City. It ceased publication in 1934 (90 years ago) () when Kirstein decided to fund George Balanchine and the newly established School of American Ballet. [1]