F.R. Leavis
Essays and Documents
Published on 1. November 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
322 pages
978-0-8264-8576-2 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of new studies on one of the best known and most important British literary critics of the twentieth century. The book is divided into four sections: documentary analysis of Leavis's practice as a teacher, drawing on seminar notes, lecture handouts, reading lists and other material; new bibliographical data, including a detailed account of Leavis's project to turn Daniel Deronda into a new novel called Gwendolen Harleth; critical essays on Leavis's thought; and memoirs of different phases in Leavis's career, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The volume also includes an up-to-date Reader's Guide to Leavis's own writings and to the many studies of his work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
491 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-8576-2 (9780826485762)
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E-Book
11/1995
1st Edition
Sheffield Academic Press
€88.99
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Persons
Professor Ian MacKillop was formerly Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield and the author of F.R.Leavis: A Life in Criticism (Allen Lane/St. Martin's Press, 1995). Richard Storer is Senior Lecturer in English, Trinity All Saints, Leeds.
Content
Preface; Introduction; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Bibliographical; 1. Leavis as Critic of New Poetry: Uncollected Reviews; Richard Storer; 2. Leavis as Reader of Daniel Deronda; William Baker; 3. Leavis and 'Gwendolen Harleth'; Richard Storer; Part II: Education In The University; 4. Rubrics and Reading Lists; Ian MacKillop; 5. Leavis's Downing Seminars; Charles Winder; 6. 'Cunning Passages': Leavis's Lectures on Poetry and Prose; Charles Page; 7. Education and the University: Structure and Sources; Richard Storer; Part III: Analytical; 8. The Impersonal Objective: Leavis, the Literary Subject and Cambridge Thought; Barry Cullen; 9. Leavis and Post-Structuralism; Gary Day; 10. Leavis on Lawrence; Michael Black; Part IV: Biographical; 11. In the 1930s: Cambridge to New Zealand; Eric McCormick; 12. Pre-war Downing; Keith Dobson; 13. Downing After the War; Patrick Harrison; 14. 'Leavisite' Cambridge in the 1960s; Neil Roberts F. R. Leavis: A Reader's Guide; Richard Storer; Notes Index