Correspondence with Cleanth Brooks, 1964-1994.

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Correspondence with Cleanth Brooks, 1964-1994.

The correspondence primarily documents Tassin's research on the critical writings of Cleanth Brooks, first for his dissertation and later for a planned revision of that work for publication. Subjects include the development of New Criticism, Southern writers, and Tassin's work on his manuscript.

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Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994

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American scholar and writer; professor of English at Louisiana State University and Yale University. From the description of Cleanth Brooks letter, 1984 Dec. 21. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243464696 Louisiana State University English professor, and co-founder of Southern Review, a literary journal. From the description of Cleanth Brooks oral history interview, 1992. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244443354 Cleant...

Yale University. Department of English

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Tassin, Anthony G.

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Anthony G. Tassin was ordained in the Benedictine Order in 1950 and received his Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University in 1966, submitting a dissertation on the critical writings of Cleanth Brooks. After he was dispensed from his vows in 1971, he joined the library staff of the Earl K. Long Library at the University of New Orleans. Cleanth Brooks, one of the founders of New Criticism, editor of the Southern Review, professor at Louisiana State University and Y...