William K. Wimsatt

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Gender	Male
Death	48 years ago
Date of birth	November 17,1907
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Born	Washington
	D.C.
	United States
Date of died	December 17,1975
Died	New Haven
	Connecticut
	United States
Job	Professor
	Philosopher
Education	Yale University
	Georgetown University
Nationality	American
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada
Edited works	The idea of comedy: essays in prose and verse
Date of Reg.	2019-03-04 02:41:41
Date of Upd.	2023-04-09 12:46:36
ID	492713

Verbal Icon Studies in the Meaning of Poetry
Literary Criticism: A Short History
prose style of Samuel Johnson
Hateful Contraries: Studies in Literature and Criticism
Versification: major language types
Day of the leopards
Literary Theory and Structure: Essays in Honor of William K. Wimsatt
Philosophic Words, a Study of Style and Meaning in the Rambler and Dictionary of Samuel Johnson
The idea of comedy: essays in prose and verse
English stage comedy
Samuel Johnson: Selected Poetry and Prose
Hateful Contraries: Studies in Literature and Criticism, with an Essay on English Meter
The English Dramatic Lyric, 1603-42: A Study in Stuart Dramatic Technique

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William K. Wimsatt Life story

William Kurtz Wimsatt Jr. was an American professor of English, literary theorist, and critic. Wimsatt is often associated with the concept of the intentional fallacy, which he developed with Monroe Beardsley in order to discuss the importance of an author's intentions for the creation of a work of art.