... at both the University of California and Yale University. In 1928 he left the U.S. bound for Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. There was a disdain at the time for classic literature and more importantly its interpretation. In response to the old critics, Warren began experimenting with a new style using both irony and paradoxes. Later this style would become his trademark, along ... approach to writing and interpretation. In 1938 they published their first textbook, Understanding Poetry, and in 1943 its companion piece, Understanding Fiction. Together these texts would revolutionize...

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• Grade Level: High School