Critic
Cleanth Brooks
The Well Wrought Urn, and close reading as a method.
Cleanth Brooks was an American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-20th century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education. His best-known works, The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry (1947) and Modern Poetry and the Tradition (1939), argue for the centrality of ambiguity and paradox as a way of understanding poetry. With his writing, Brooks helped to formulate formalist criticism, emphasizing "the interior life of a poem" and codifying the principles of close reading.
- Born
- 1906-10-16, Murray, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 1994-05-10, New Haven, USAA Tuesday, aged 87
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1906-10-16, Murray, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 22°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 6°12′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 7°19′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 5°26′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 21°34′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 10°46′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 8°55′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 4°56′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 12°39′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 23°40′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1994-05-10, New Haven, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 19°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 19°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 1°36′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 17°28′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 19°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 8°29′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Pisces | 10°53′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 26°18′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 23°17′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 26°53′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Cleanth Brooks was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.