RANSOM, JOHN CROWE — The World's Body

Port Washington, N. Y.: Kennikat Press, 1964. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 5 1/2 x 8 3/4\"; xiv, 350 pages; Hard cover is brown with gold lettering on the spine. Former library book, with typical markings. Pages are clean and tight. '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. He was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.'. Very Good+ .