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F.R. Leavis : a life in criticism / Ian MacKillop.
LIBRA PR55.L43 M32 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacKillop, I. D. (Ian Duncan)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leavis, F. R. (Frank Raymond), 1895-1978.
- Leavis, F. R.
- English literature--Study and teaching--England--Cambridge--History--20th century.
- English literature.
- English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English literature--Study and teaching.
- History.
- Cambridge (England)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Cambridge (England).
- English teachers--England--Cambridge--Biography.
- English teachers.
- England--Cambridge.
- Criticism--England--History--20th century.
- Criticism.
- England.
- Critics--Great Britain--Biography.
- Critics.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 476 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First St. Martin's edition.
- Other Title:
- F R Leavis, a life in criticism
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- F. R. Leavis was undeniably one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century. His work on literature exerted a profound and lasting influence on the teaching of English throughout the world. The story of his life, as recounted by Ian MacKillop, who was one of Leavis's students, is therefore a chronicle of the development of the study of modern literature. MacKillop charts the influences on Leavis's life and work, from I. A. Richards to T. S. Eliot and William Empson. He chronicles Leavis's famous public disagreement with C. P. Snow in the Two Cultures Debate; discusses the genesis and publication of Leavis's books; and looks at the development of both the influential magazine Scrutiny and the School of English Studies at Downing College. MacKillop paints an unforgettable picture of English village life as he chronicles this world of high tea, cloistered walks and bitter rivalries in great detail.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-445) and index.
- "Books and pamphlets by F.R. Leavis": pages [446]-447.
- ISBN:
- 0312163576
- OCLC:
- 35865429
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