Question

Who among the following is began a new theory of practical criticism

Answer 1

Answer:

The movement derived its name from John Crowe Ransom's 1941 book The New Criticism. ... Richards, especially his Practical Criticism and The Meaning of Meaning, which offered what was claimed to be an empirical scientific approach, were important to the development of New Critical methodology.

Answer 2

Answer: Practical criticism, a practical approach to literary criticism, in which the text is approached in universal terms with little recourse to am elaborate apparatus of reference outside the text. Cf. Theoretical criticism.