John Crowe Ransom

American poet

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.Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist.

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