I.A. Richards : his life and work / John Paul Russo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russo, John Paul., author.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge Revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-1979.

Richards, I. A.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Critics--Great Britain--Biography.

Critics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (867 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A pioneering critic, educator, and poet, I. A. Richards (1893-1979) helped the English-speaking world decide not only what to read but how to read it. John Paul Russo draws on close personal acquaintance with Richards as well as on unpublished materials, correspondence, and interviews, to write the first biography (originally published in 1989) of one of last century's most influential and many-sided men of letters.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Original Title""; ""Original Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""ONE: The Preparation of a Critic""; ""1 Boyhood and Clifton""; ""2 Cambridge""; ""3 Moral Science and Cambridge Humanism""; ""4 G. E. Moore: ""The Other Theory of Art""""; ""5 Beauty and Truth""; ""TWO: The Theory and Method of Criticism""; ""6 Agenda in the 1920s""; ""7 Semantics""; ""8 Science, Poetry, and Society""; ""9 The Sherrington Model""; ""10 The Poet in Ideal Perfection""; ""11 How a Poem Works, I: The Parts""

""12 How a Poem Works, II: Reference and Metaphor""""13 How a Poem Works, III: The Whole""; ""14 The Pathology of Interpretation""; ""15 Belief and Sincerity""; ""16 Coleridge and the Whole Soul in Activity""; ""THREE: The Later Career: Education and Poetry""; ""17 Basic English: The Years in China""; ""18 Experiment in America""; ""19 The Classical Tradition""; ""20 Influence: Empson; Leavis and Scrutiny; American New Criticism""; ""21 Poems and Plays: The Third Career""; ""22 Mysterious Mountains""; ""23 Beyond""; ""24 Final Years: A Portrait of I. A. Richards""

""Appendix Additional Entries to John Paul Russo, ""A Bibliography of . . . I. A. Richards""""""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

First published in 1989 by Routledge.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-72338-7

1-317-52779-8

9781315723389

OCLC:

958108318