F.R. Leavis: Essays and Documents

by Ian MacKillop, Richard Storer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826485762
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/01/1995
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

The late Ian MacKillop was a Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. Richard Storer is Lecturer in English, Trinity &All Saints, a College of the University of Leeds, UK. Ian MacKillop is Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Sheffield. Richard Storer is Lecturer in English, Trinity &All Saints, a College of the University of Leeds.

Editorial Reviews

"A comprehensive, meticulously researched and even-handed biography...It is a splendid achievement and a brave one." "--Times Higher Education Supplement

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