The first collection
of the work of the
"Chicago School"
Critics and
Criticism
ANCIENT
AND
MODERN
By
Ronald
S.
Crane, et al
• This collection of twenty es–
says makes generally accessible
for the first time the work of
the influential group of critics
known as the "Chicago School."
The contributors-R. S. Crane,
W.
R.
Keast, Richard Mc–
Keon, Norman Maclean, Elder
Olson, Bernard Weinberg-are
all present or former colleagues
in the University of Chicago.
The essays, six of which have
not been previously published,
constitute a re-examination of
the bases of criticism in the
past as well as in the present.
They are arranged in three
parts: the first deals with the
adequacy of such current theo–
ries as those of
I.
A. Richards,
William
Empson,
Cleanth
Brooks; the second, with a new
interpretation of major critical
theories of the past; the third,
with some fundamental ques–
tions in the theory of criticism
and of literature.
626
pages,
$6.00
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CONTRIBUTORS
ISAAC ROSENFELD is now teoch–
ing ot the University of Minnesoto.
LOUIS KRONENBERGER's most re–
cent book, a novel, wos "Grand
Right and Left."
C. WRIGHT MILLS, author of
"White Collar," is now associate
professor of sociology ot Columbia
University.
FRANCIS FERGUSSON, author of
"The Idea of a Theater," will be
teaching at Indiana University next
year.
DUDLEY FITTS, poet and transla–
tor of Greek plays, teaches at the
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mas–
sachusetts.
FRANZ BORKENAU is the author
of several important books on Com–
munism, including "World Commu–
nism" and "The Spanish Cockpit."
Books mentioned in
PARTISAN REVIEW
may be bought and many borrowed
from CROSS CURRENTS book dore
and lending library: also French lind
German books, long-playing records.
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