In Response to John Crowe Ransom's Theory After reading Wimsatt & Beardsley's articles, I found that I agree with many of their ideas concerning New Criticism. I see nothing wrong with focusing on the work objectively by paying attention to dramatic form and theme and I admire how the theory is audience-centered. It claims that it's important to separate the writing process from the reading process. And along the same line, lies Ransom's argument. His premise …showed first 75 words of 530 total…

…showed last 75 words of 530 total…found that fascinating because of how dissimilarly people view the two. Yet, it is a valid point if you consider New Criticism's stance. "In every new experience, even in science, there is a feeling. [And] no discourse can sustain itself without interest, which is a feeling"(454). That makes sense. I really enjoyed Ransom's ideas. I agree with them, or at least aspects of them and liked how they clearly displayed the beliefs of New Criticism.