I. A. Richards
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Biography
I. A. Richards (1893-1979) studied philosophy at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He taught his first literary class at Magdalene. After working with C. K Ogen, he began studying interpretation, and after seeing his students’ interpretations of poems, he wrote Practical Criticism and Principles of Literary Criticism. Once he started teaching at Harvard University, he argued that it is useless to have theory without application. He is most known for the revival of the rhetorical triangle, as well as being the father of New Criticism.
Article Summaries
"How to Read a Page" by I. A. Richards
Additional Works/Publications
English Through Pictures: Book II, And, a Second Workbook of English, Book 1
Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition
[http://books.google.com/books?id=oowULvRzOXgC&dq=I.A.+Richards&hl=en&ei=5lPHTd-eCcft0gG0xtiVCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwADgK Practical Criticism - A Study of Literary Judgment ]
Further Readings
References
I.A. Richards: his life and work
