Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgement

ISBN-13: 9780765808431 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 380 str.

I. A. Richards; Richard Hoggart

Opis

Linguist, critic, poet, psychologist, I. A. Richards (1893-1979) was one of the great polymaths of the twentieth century. He is best known, however, as one of the founders of modern literary critical theory. Richards revolutionized criticism by turning away from biographical and historical readings as well as from the aesthetic impressionism. Seeking a more exacting approach, he analyzed literary texts as syntactical structures that could be broken down into smaller interacting verbal units of meaning. Practical Criticism, fi rst published in 1929, is a landmark volume in demonstrating this method.

Spis treści

One: Introductory; Two: Documentation; Poem 1; Poem 2; Poem 3; Poem 4; Poem 5; Poem 6; Poem 7; Poem 8; Poem 9; Poem 10; Poem 11; Poem 12; Poem 13; Three: Analysis; 1: The Four Kinds of Meaning; 2: Figurative Language; 3: Sense and Feeling; 4: Poetic Form; 5: Irrelevant Associations and Stock Responses; 6: Sentimentality and Inhibition; 7: Doctrine in Poetry; 8: Technical Presuppositions and Critical Preconceptions; Four: Summary and Recommendations; Summary

O autorze

I. A. Richards