<P> Understanding Poetry , according to an article at the Modern American Poetry Web site , `` codified many of the so - called New Critical ideas into a coherent approach to literary study . Their book , and its companion volume , Understanding Fiction ( 1943 ) , revolutionized the teaching of literature in the universities and spawned a host of imitators who dominated English departments well into the 1960s . '' </P>
<P> Understanding Poetry , according to an article at the Modern American Poetry Web site , `` codified many of the so - called New Critical ideas into a coherent approach to literary study . Their book , and its companion volume , Understanding Fiction ( 1943 ) , revolutionized the teaching of literature in the universities and spawned a host of imitators who dominated English departments well into the 1960s . '' </P>
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understanding poetry by brooks and warren encapsulates the principles of
New Critical ideas
New Critical ideas