Poetries and Sciences

Richards here offers anew the 1935 edition of his work (then entitled <em>Science and Poetry</em>) 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?"