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Ivor A. Richards

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in Sandbach, Cheshire, The United Kingdom

February 26, 1893

Died

September 07, 1979

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British literary critic Ivor Armstrong Richards helped to develop Basic English, a constructed language that British linguist Charles Kay Ogden introduced in 1930 and that uses a simplified form of the basic grammar and core vocabulary of English; he also founded the movement of New Criticism, a method of literary evaluation and interpretation that, practiced chiefly in the mid-1900s, emphasizes close examination of a text with minimum regard for the biographical or historical circumstances of its production.

Clifton college educated this influential rhetorician; the scholar 'Cabby' Spence nurtured his love of English. His books, especially The Meaning of Meaning, Principles of Literary Criticism, Practical Criticism, and The Philosophy of ...more

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	Practical Criticism: A Study of Literary Judgment 3.72 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1929 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of Literary Criticism 3.58 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1924 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy of Rhetoric (Galaxy Books) 3.70 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1936 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	العلم والشعر. Science and Poetry by Ivor A. Richards, محمد مصطفى بدوي (translator) 3.34 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1926 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Read a Page: A Course in Efficient Reading 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	German Through Pictures by Ivor A. Richards, I. Schmidt Mackey, W.F. Mackey 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1953 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Through Pictures, Book 1 and A First Workbook of English by Ivor A. Richards, Christine M. Gibson 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1983 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Through Pictures, Book 2 and A Second Workbook of English by Ivor A. Richards, Christine M. Gibson 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Through Pictures, Books 1-3 by Ivor A. Richards, Christine M. Gibson 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Poetry is capable of saving us.”
― I.A. Richards

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“A book is a machine to think with, but it need not, therefore, usurp the functions either of the bellows or the locomotive.”
― Ivor A. Richards, Principles of Literary Criticism

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“A book is a machine to think with.”
― I.A. Richards

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