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Cleanth Brooks was an influential American literary critic, known for his insightful contributions to New Criticism—a method of literary analysis that focused on close reading of texts and the intrinsic qualities of literature. Born in 1906, Brooks co-authored significant works such as “Understanding Poetry” and “The Well Wrought Urn.” However, one of his most renowned essays remains “The Heresy of Paraphrase,” which delves into the limitations of paraphrasing as a means of…