Richards on Rhetoric: I.A. Richards: Selected Essays (1929-1974)

by Ivor A. Richards

Book Overview

Bringing together essays that span the career of I.A. Richards--as both literary critic and pedagogue--this collection provides a much-needed re-introduction to a thinker whose works have been largely neglected of late. Carefully chosen, edited, and annotated, the selections make accessible a wide array of Richards's ideas on language and learning, focusing on his discussion of literacy, his critique of positivist linguistics, his explorations of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195064267
• ISBN13: 9780195064261
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"