I.A. Richards. His Life and Work

Russo, John Paul

Published by The John Hopkins University Press, 1989

About this Item

Signed, 1st edition, 1989. (Signed 'with best wishes, John Paul Russo, Mag. 1989' on the f.e.p). ['Mag' refers to Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, where Richards was a student, teacher and don]. Scholarly and magisterial 'opus' on the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most important 'fathers' of literary criticism, Ivor Armstrong Richards. [Some students of literature will recall Richards' advocacy of 'close' reading]. A teacher of 'Basic' English in China - one of his cherished ambitions for the Chinese in the 1930s - Richards was also a figure of some pre-eminence in C20 mountaineering, an important facet of Richards' life given its true significance by Russo - as is consideration of Richards' wife, Dorothy ('Dorothea') Richards, an important figure in C20 women's mountaineering as Dorothy Pilley). 843 pages printed and bound on 2-tone grey and blue boards. In Near-fine condition throughout. B. & w. photographs. With non-clipped, dust-jacket in VG condition - very small 'rubs' and some darkening to inner. Large 8vo - heavy book to post, additional postage may be requested.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I.A. Richards. His Life and Work
• Publisher: The John Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Biography
  • Mountaineering