Practical criticism vs Textual practice: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Critique, Textual Criticism, Criticism, Histoire et critique, Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Cover of Practical criticism

Practical criticism I. A. Richards · 1929 ★★★★☆ 3.7 390 pages · ≈ 7 h 13 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Textual practice

Textual practice Terence Hawkes · 1987 Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.

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