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Two cultures? : the significance of C.P. Snow / F.R. Leavis ; with introduction by Stefan CoIIini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leavis, F. R. (Frank Raymond), 1895-1978, author.
- Series:
- Canto classics.
- Canto classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980. Two cultures and the scientific revolution.
- Snow, C. P.
- Science and the humanities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 118 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- In this first annotated edition of F. R. Leavis' famous critique of C. P. Snow's influential argument about 'the two cultures', Stefan Collini reappraises both its literary tactics and its purpose as cultural criticism. The edition will enable new generations of readers to understand what was at stake in the dispute and to appreciate the enduring relevance of Leavis's attack on the goal of economic growth. In his comprehensive introduction Collini situates Leavis's critique within the wider context of debates about 'modernity' and 'prosperity', not just the 'two cultures' of literature and science. Collini emphasizes the difficulties faced by the cultural critic in challenging widely-held views and offers an illuminating analysis of Leavis's style. The edition provides full notes to references and allusions in Leavis's texts.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Stefan Collini
- Leavis's life and career
- "Two cultures?"
- Responses and replies
- "Luddites?"
- The challenge of cultural criticism
- Note on further reading
- A note on the text
- Two cultures?: the significance of C.P. Snow
- Prefatory note to the Chatto edition
- Prefatory note to the U.S. edition
- Luddites? or, there is only one culture
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-46208-8
- 1-139-89400-5
- 1-107-46553-2
- 1-107-45502-2
- 1-107-47268-7
- 1-107-45984-2
- 1-107-46907-4
- 1-107-33716-X
- OCLC:
- 862077539
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