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Practical Criticism, as conceived by Richards, pays attention to very small units of language in short lyric poems in a way that leads directly to the New Critics' emphasis on 'the poem in itself', and their associated rejection of the analysis of any kind of historical or political context.
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17 editions- Paperback · English · 2004Transaction Publishers · 362 pages · 9780765808431
- Other · English · 2021Practical Criticism, a Study of Literary JudgmentCreative Media Partners, LLC · 9781013833151
- Other · English · 2021Practical Criticism, a Study of Literary JudgmentCreative Media Partners, LLC · 9781014453150
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 362 pages · 9781138530638
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351497312
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351497329
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