I. A. Richards

Ivor Armstrong Richards (February 26, 1893-1979) was an influential literary critic and rhetorician. His books, especially The Meaning of Meaning, Principles of Literary Criticism, Practical Criticism, and The Philosophy of Rhetoric, were among the founding documents of the New Criticism, and most of the eminent New Critics were Richards's students. Since the New Criticism, at least in English-speaking countries, is often thought of as the beginning of modern literary criticism, Richards is one of the founders of the contemporary study of literature in English.

External links

• I.A. Richards page from the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
• I.A. Richards capsule biography
• The I.A. Richards Web Resource
• I.A. Richards page from LiteraryDictionary.com
• Biography compiled by John Constable