R. P. Blackmur
Richard Palmer Blackmur was an American literary critic and poet. He was a founding figure of the New Criticism movement in American literary criticism and later a professor of writing at Princeton University.
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- Born in
- Springfield
- Educated at
- Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Awards
- 🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship
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1904
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Birth1965
Died
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