I. A. Richards

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Contents 1 Biography 2 Article Summaries 3 Additional Works/Publications 3.1 Books 3.2 Articles/Essays 4 Further Readings 5 Other Scholarly Views 5.1 Agreement 5.2 Opposition 6 References 7 External Links

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

Books

English Through Pictures: Book II, And, a Second Workbook of English, Book 1

Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition

Practical Criticism - A Study of Literary Judgment

Articles/Essays

Further Readings

Other Scholarly Views

Agreement

Those authors that agree with Richards.

Opposition

Those authors that disagree with Richards.

References

I.A. Richards: his life and work

External Links