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Practical criticism by I. A. Richards · Booklabria

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Practical criticism

PoetryHistory and criticism

Practical criticism

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First published: 1929
Language: English
Editions: 60

Synopsis

Practical Criticism, as conceived by Richards, pays attention to very small units of language in short lyric poems in a way that leads directly to the New Critics' emphasis on 'the poem in itself', and their associated rejection of the analysis of any kind of historical or political context.

Subjects: Poetry
History and criticism
Literary Criticism
Criticism
Histoire et critique
Textual Criticism

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