... connotation of form pertains, however, formalists seek to be objective in their analysis, focusing on the work itself and avoiding external considerations. They pay particular attention to literary devices used in the work and to the patterns these devices establish. Formalists have generally suggested that everyday language, which serves simply to communicate information, is stale and ... the study of literature as independent of historical or authorial origins. The New Critics believed in this idea of the text in itself'. Richards tries to explain literary reading in terms of modern se...

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