Ivor Armstrong Richards è stato un influente critico letterario e retore inglese, diventato una figura fondamentale della critica letteraria moderna. Le sue opere, in particolare quelle incentrate sul significato, sulla critica letteraria e sulla retorica, hanno posto le basi per la New Criticism e introdotto il concetto di 'critica pratica'. Questo approccio ha portato allo sviluppo di pratiche di lettura approfondita, considerate l'inizio degli studi letterari inglesi contemporanei. Richards è ampiamente considerato uno dei fondatori della moderna ricerca letteraria.
Here is a book for learning Russian in the quickest and clearest way - through pictures. The Russian words in this book are chosen for their wide usefulness and clarity of exposition. For those with no knowledge of the language at all, or for anyone in the early stages of reading Russian script, this book makes learning seem more like play than hard work.
Discusses the opinions of highly educated readers on poems put before them unsigned, to offer a survey of current culture, which aims to be both disconcerting and stimulating.
Ivor Armstrong Richards was one of the founders of modern literary criticism. He enthused a generation of writers and readers and was an influential supporter of the young T.S. Eliot. Principles of Literary Criticism was the text that first established his reputation and pioneered the movement that became known as the 'New Criticism'. Highly controversial when first published, Principles of Literary Criticism remains a work which no one with a serious interest in literature can afford to ignore.
A Study of The Influence of Language upon Thought and of The Science of Symbolism
Selected Essays 1929-1974
