A Shaping Joy: Studies in the Writer's Craft

By: Brooks, Cleanth

In A Shaping Joy (originally published in 1971), Cleanth Brooks writes about modern literature and the criticism that has been developed to deal with it. Most of the essays concern poets and novelists of the twentieth century, but there are also discussions of nineteenth-century American writers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032861312
• ISBN13: 9781032861319
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"