VEHICLES OF PERIODIZATION: MELVIN B. TOLSON, ALLEN TATE, AND THE NEW CRITICAL POLICE.

The article examines the relationship between American poets Melvin B. Tolson and Allen Tate and Tolson's proposal to revise the New Critical practice of classifying works as either propaganda or literature. Topics include the characteristics of New Criticism, periodization practice in literary stud...

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Publicado en:	Criticism Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 417 - 440
Autor principal:	Hines, Andy
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wayne State University Press Summer2017
Materias:	Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus, 1898-1966 Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 Literary criticism New Criticism Periodization of literature African American literature
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Sumario:	The article examines the relationship between American poets Melvin B. Tolson and Allen Tate and Tolson's proposal to revise the New Critical practice of classifying works as either propaganda or literature. Topics include the characteristics of New Criticism, periodization practice in literary studies, the writing of African Americans, and the relationship between African American literature and segregtation.