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Definition of practical criticism in English: practical criticismnoun An analytical approach to literary criticism first developed by I. A. Richards, in which literary texts are viewed as autonomous and, isolated from any literary, historical, or biographical context, subjected to close reading; (also more generally) close reading of literary texts.
Origin 1920s; earliest use found in Ivor Armstrong Richards (1893–1979), literary scholar and educationist. Definition of practical criticism in US English: practical criticismnoun An analytical approach to literary criticism first developed by I. A. Richards, in which literary texts are viewed as autonomous and, isolated from any literary, historical, or biographical context, subjected to close reading; (also more generally) close reading of literary texts.
Origin 1920s; earliest use found in Ivor Armstrong Richards (1893–1979), literary scholar and educationist. |