Practical Criticism

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book work of literary theory

Practical Criticism is a foundational work of literary theory by I. A. Richards that helped establish close reading and text-centered analysis as core methods in modern criticism.

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Label	Occurrences
Practical Criticism canonical	2
Principles of Literary Criticism	1

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Target entity: Practical Criticism
Context triple: [New Criticism, keyText, Practical Criticism]

A. The Craft of Criticism
The Craft of Criticism is a collection of literary essays by English critic Desmond MacCarthy, showcasing his influential, lucid, and humane approach to evaluating literature.
B. Elements of Criticism
Elements of Criticism is an influential 18th-century work of literary theory and aesthetics by Scottish judge and philosopher Henry Home, Lord Kames, exploring the principles of taste, beauty, and critical judgment.
C. The Teaching of Literature
The Teaching of Literature is an essay by Flannery O’Connor in which she reflects on the challenges and principles of teaching fiction and literary craft from a Catholic and realist perspective.
D. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism is a widely used academic collection that brings together key texts and authors in literary and cultural theory from classical antiquity to the present.
E. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres is an influential 18th-century series of lectures that helped shape the study of rhetoric, style, and literary criticism in English-speaking education.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Practical Criticism
Target entity description: Practical Criticism is a foundational work of literary theory by I. A. Richards that helped establish close reading and text-centered analysis as core methods in modern criticism.

A. The Craft of Criticism
The Craft of Criticism is a collection of literary essays by English critic Desmond MacCarthy, showcasing his influential, lucid, and humane approach to evaluating literature.
B. Elements of Criticism
Elements of Criticism is an influential 18th-century work of literary theory and aesthetics by Scottish judge and philosopher Henry Home, Lord Kames, exploring the principles of taste, beauty, and critical judgment.
C. The Teaching of Literature
The Teaching of Literature is an essay by Flannery O’Connor in which she reflects on the challenges and principles of teaching fiction and literary craft from a Catholic and realist perspective.
D. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism is a widely used academic collection that brings together key texts and authors in literary and cultural theory from classical antiquity to the present.
E. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres is an influential 18th-century series of lectures that helped shape the study of rhetoric, style, and literary criticism in English-speaking education.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ work of literary theory ⓘ
academicDiscipline	English literature NERFINISHED ⓘ literary studies ⓘ
aimsTo	analyze typical errors in reading poems ⓘ demonstrate systematic methods of criticism ⓘ improve readers’ critical judgment ⓘ
author	I. A. Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorName	Ivor Armstrong Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
focusesOn	methods of literary analysis ⓘ practical exercises in criticism ⓘ responses of readers to poems ⓘ
hasForm	collection of case studies ⓘ critical essays ⓘ
hasGenre	literary criticism treatise ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	ambiguity in literary language ⓘ distinction between sense and feeling in poetry ⓘ importance of context in reading ⓘ misunderstandings in literary interpretation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
influenced	20th-century Anglo-American literary criticism ⓘ New Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ close reading as a critical method ⓘ
influencedBy	Cambridge school of literary studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
methodology	analysis of written comments by readers ⓘ anonymous presentation of poems to readers ⓘ empirical study of readers’ interpretations ⓘ
notableFor	empirical approach to literary response ⓘ establishing close reading as central to modern criticism ⓘ influence on pedagogy of English literature ⓘ
publicationYear	1929 ⓘ
publisher	Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	Principles of Literary Criticism NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWorkAuthor	I. A. Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	close reading ⓘ interpretation of poetry ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ literary theory ⓘ reader response ⓘ text-centered analysis ⓘ
timePeriodOfInfluence	20th century ⓘ 21st century literary pedagogy ⓘ
usedIn	training in critical reading ⓘ university literature courses ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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New Criticism → keyText → Practical Criticism ⓘ

I. A. Richards → notableWork → Practical Criticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Principles of Literary Criticism