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
Practical criticism
Practical Criticism, as conceived by Richards, pays attention to very small units of language in short lyric poems in a way that leads directly to the New Critics' emphasis on 'the poem in itself', and their associated…
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Textual practice
'Textual Practice contains some of the most path-breaking, adventurous critical writing currently to be found in Britain' - Terry Eagleton, Linacre College, Oxford
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
Scores by source
| Practical criticism | Textual practice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (157) | — |
Reception
| Practical criticism | Textual practice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 157 | — |
| Editions | 60 | 23 |
| Citations | 16 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 717 | — |
| Reading it now | 28 | — |
| Written reviews | 22 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 2064 | 66 |
| Pages | 390 | — |