F.R. Leavis is one of the most influential thinkers in twentieth-century theory. Although his outspoken and confrontational work has often provoked strong attack, there is an increased interest in Leavis as students and critics alike are revisiting his work and re-affirming his position as a key fig[...]

Offers a critical and polemical survey of English fiction. This book dismisses Lawrence Sterne for his 'irresponsible trifling'.[...]

This is a critical introduction to the educational thought of F. R. Leavis (1895-1978), the greatest English literary critic of the twentieth century, providing the first in-depth examination of Leavis's ideas in relation to contemporary mass higher education. During the course of a long, prolific a[...]