Identify the correct pairs:
A) J. C) Ransom – Criticism, InC)
B) William Empson – Seven Types of Ambiguity
C) C) Brooks and R. P. Warren – Understanding Poetry
D) R. P. Blackmur – In Search of the New Criticism
E) Allen Tate – The New Apologists for Poetry
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is A, B and C.

Let us analyze each pair step-by-step to understand why this option is correct:
A) J. C. Ransom – Criticism, Inc.: This pair is correct. John Crowe Ransom wrote the influential essay "Criticism, Inc." in 1937, which became a foundational text for New Criticism. It argued that literary criticism should become more systematic and professional.
B) William Empson – Seven Types of Ambiguity: This pair is correct. William Empson's famous book Seven Types of Ambiguity, published in 1930, is one of the most celebrated works of literary criticism and key to the development of New Criticism.
C) C. Brooks and R. P. Warren – Understanding Poetry: This pair is correct. Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren co-authored the highly influential textbook/anthology Understanding Poetry in 1938, which popularised the New Critical method of close reading in American universities.
D) R. P. Blackmur – In Search of the New Criticism: This pair is incorrect. The book In Search of the New Criticism (1953) was actually written by Robert Daniel, not R. P. Blackmur.
E) Allen Tate – The New Apologists for Poetry: This pair is incorrect. The New Apologists for Poetry (1956) was written by Murray Krieger, not Allen Tate.

Therefore, only statements A, B, and C are correct, making A, B and C the correct choice.