texts and criticism : Solution Essays
2. What does Brooks mean by “resistance to generalization” in poetry? Why does he think that such resistance is a sign of good poetry? 3. What does Brooks mean when he says that irony is “the acknowledgment of the pressures of context”(805)? Why does he think that such a notion of irony might resist what he calls “a public corrupted by Hollywood”(805)? Reuben A. […]