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Modern literary theory owes a great deal to I.A. Richards (1893)-(1979) whose name is associated with almost every school of criticism. Motivated by a desire to understand the meaning and purpose of poetry he have developed his theories of language, Structure and value. He based his observations on the feedback he received from his students. In any determinations or audit of poetic meaning, the role of readers is of paramount importance. He underlined, therefore, the need for training to develop linguistic and critical competence.The articles collected here make serious attempts to explain the issues he raised in his writings and show how their implications are relevant even today. They are a veritable tribute to the prodigious genius of the doyen of modern criticism.R.S. Singh (b. 1932) retired from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 1992. He has been Visiting Professor of English at M.D. University, Rohtak, Vikram University, Ujjain, S.P. University, Vallabh Vidyanagar and Marathwada University, Aurangabad. He has worked in various capacities at Banaras Hindu University (1956-58), Gujarat University (1958-67), Kurukshetra University (1967-92), Delhi University (1970), and Basra University (1979-80). He undertook an extensive tour in 1983 in England to record responses of professors, critics and writers of Indian English literature. His Publications include Indian Novel in English and Matthew Arnold : Alochak. The Critical anthologies edited by him are Stylistic Approaches to Literature (1993), Modern Literary Theories (1993), Postmodern Literary Theories (1994) and Cleanth Brooks : His Critical Formulations (1991). He haws rendered John Donne's poetry in Hindi. He is currently engaged in the preparations of 2 more anthologies viz A Spectrum History of Indian Writing in English and Women about Women : A Case Study of Indian Writing in English. The other anthologies edited by him are Drama in English and modern Poetry in English.