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Some of works that are considered to be good examples of Formalism, New Criticism, and Neo –Aristotelian Criticism are written by authors many authors.  Formalist critics, Roman Jakobson and Viktor Shklovsky are two of the most well-known for this type.  Jakobson’s Closing Statement: Linguistics and Poetics, and Sholovsky’s Theory of Prose are examples of Formalist Criticism.  , [[Cleanth Brooks]], [[David Daiches]], John Crowe Ransome, and [[T. S. Eliot]] are all authors where examples of New Criticism can be found. Ransome’s book The New Criticism, or Eliot’s essay Tradition and the Individual Talent provide some of the best examples of New Criticism.  R.S. Crane’s Critics and Criticism: Ancient and Modern, and Wayne C. Booth’s The Rhetoric of Fiction are works that can be read to get a better understanding on the subject of Neo-Aristotelian Criticism.

Some examples of Psychoanalytic and Jungian Criticism can be found in the works of [[Sigmund Freud]] and [[C.G. Jung]].  Psychoanalytic Criticism builds on Freudian theories of psychology (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/722/). His work, Creative Writers and Daydreamers, or The Interpretation of Dreams are good starting points to understanding this form of criticism.  Jung, who was a student of Freud, wrote On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry, a good source for understanding Jungian Criticism.

Marxist Criticisms are based on the theories of [[Karl Marx]].  The writings of [[Leon Trotsky]]’s Literature and Revolution, and [[Georg Lukács]]’ The Ideology of Modernism, are available to assist with the understanding of Marxist Criticism in literature.