F.R. Leavis: Essays and Documents

by Richard Storer (Editor), Ian MacKillop (Editor)

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 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.

322 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1995