Summary: <strong>Yvor Winters</strong>, (born Oct. 17, 1900, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chicago</a>, Ill., U.S.—died Jan. 25, 1968, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Palo-Alto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Palo Alto</a>, Calif.), was an American poet, critic, and teacher who held that <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/literature" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">literature</a> should be evaluated for its <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">moral</a> and <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intellectual" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">intellectual</a> content as well as on <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aesthetic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">aesthetic</a> grounds. <em>--Bio from Britannica.com</em><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
