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What literary movement did Warren co-found?

  • Romanticism

  • Victorian

  • New Criticism

  • Modernism

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New Criticism, co-founded by Warren, was a literary movement that emerged in the early 20th century. It emphasized the close reading of texts, focusing on their structure, language, and imagery, rather than on their historical or biographical context. New Critics believed that a work of literature should be analyzed solely on its own merits, without external influences.
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