01363nam a22001817a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021040000900062082001800071100001900089245005700108260004500165300001000210520088900220650001501109650002601124650003101150OSt20260108105945.0220815b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  cAKCL  a801.95bRIC-P  aRichards, I.A.  aPrinciples of Literary Criticism /cby I.A. Richards  aLondon:bRoutledge and Kegan Paul,c1963  ap.298  aFirst published in 1924, Principles of Literary Criticism is a landmark work that transformed the study of literature from a subjective "appreciation" into a rigorous, quasi-scientific discipline. I.A. Richards argues that criticism should be rooted in a firm understanding of psychology—specifically, how the human mind responds to the impulses generated by language and art.

Richards famously introduces the concept of "The Two Uses of Language": the scientific (referential) and the emotive. He posits that the value of poetry lies in its ability to organize our conflicting "appetencies" or impulses, creating a state of psychological balance. This book laid the groundwork for the New Criticism movement, emphasizing "Close Reading" and the idea that a poem should be analyzed as an independent object rather than through the biography of the author or its historical context.  aLiterature  aPhilosophy and Theory  aEnglish Literary Criticism