Practical criticism : a study of literary judgment
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Practical criticism : a study of literary judgment
Routledge, 2017, c2004
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"Originally published in 1929 by Kegan Paul. First published 2004 by Transaction Publishers"--T.p. verso
Includes index
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内容説明
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, first published in 1929, is a landmark volume in demonstrating this method.Practical Criticism was born of an experiment Richards undertook to discern the psychological foundations of reading and interpretation and a means for readers to discover how they think and feel about poetry. He submitted thirteen poems for analysis, without date or author given, to some four hundred of his Cambridge students. Poets of stature went in undifferentiated from obscure and forgotten figures. The results were mixed at best, with many of the interpretations shockingly bad. These readings were based, in large part, not on the texts themselves but on then-current opinions, presuppositions, theories, and beliefs. The results led Richards to define a set of interrelated mental obstacles to intelligent and accurate reading including "irrelevant associations," "stock responses," "sentimentality," and a general misunderstanding of the purpose or "doctrine" of poetry.Richards' concerns in Practical Criticism went well beyond the merely formal. In the humanist tradition, he believed that the ability to read critically and use language truthfully was culturally regenerative, a necessary skill in the modern world of mass-produced art and advertising. This classic volume will be of interest to teachers of literature, cultural studies specialists, and intellectual historians.
目次
- 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
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