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Ivor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 [1] – 7 September 1979 [1]), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, poet, and rhetorician.
I.A. Richards was an English critic, poet, and teacher who was highly influential in developing a new way of reading poetry that led to the New Criticism and that also influenced some forms of reader-response criticism.
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British poet and scholar Ivor Armstrong Richards was born in Cheshire and educated at Cambridge University’s Magdalene College. His scholarship and research on how students read poetry helped shape the foundation of the New Criticism and its emphasis on close reading.
Oct 30, 2019 · Ivor Armstrong Richards (b. 26 February 1893; d. 7 September 1979) is among the most and influential theorists and critics of literature in the 20th century. A student of Moral Science at Cambridge University (1911–1915), he was the intellectual offspring of the Age of Principia.
Ivor Armstrong Richards (February 26, 1893 – September 7, 1979) was an influential English literary critic and rhetorician.
I (vor) A (rmstrong) Richards 1893–1979. English critic, essayist, linguist, poet, and dramatist. Richards's reputation as the forerunner of New Criticism derives from two of his earliest books...
Overview. I. A. Richards. (1893—1979) literary scholar and educationist. Quick Reference. (1893–1979), critic and poet, became a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1929, then in 1931 moved to Harvard, where he devoted many years to the study of linguistics and education.
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