Richards here offers anew the 1935 edition of his work (then entitled Science and Poetry ) with Commentary that reveals not only the development of his own criticism but also the ways in which the relationship between the two disciplines has evolved.
He has also written a new essay entitled "Re-Orientation" and has included, as another kind of Commentary on the basic text, his essay "How Does a Poem Know When It Is Finished?".
Richards here offers anew the 1935 edition of his work (then entitled Science and Poetry ) with Commentary that reveals not only the development of his own criticism but also the ways in which the relationship between the two disciplines has evolved