F.R. Leavis

<p><strong>‘informative succint circumspect; an exacting introduction to Leavis as an incisive master critic. Ideal for today’s students and general readers’</strong><em> – Chris Terry Times Higher Education</em></p><p>F.R. Leavis is a landmark figure in twentieth-century literary criticism and theory. His outspoken and confrontational work has often divided opinion and continues to generate interest as students and critics revisit his highly influential texts.</p><p>Looking closely at a representative selection of Leavis’s work Richard Storer outlines his thinking on key topics such as:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>literary theory ‘criticism’ and culture</li> <p> </p> <li>canon formation</li> <p> </p> <li>modernism </li> <p> </p> <li>close reading </li> <p> </p> <li>higher education.</li> </ul><p>Exploring the responses and engaging with the controversies generated by Leavis’s work this clear authoritative guide highlights how Leavis remains of critical significance to twenty-first-century study of literature and culture.</p>