Literary Criticism Culture And The Subject Of English Fr Leavis And Ts Eliot

Author : Dandan Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367552572
Total Pages : 188 pages
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Download or read book Literary Criticism, Culture and the Subject of English written by Dandan Zhang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the highly convoluted relationship between F. R. Leavis and T. S. Eliot, comparing their ideas in literary and cultural criticism, and connecting it to the broader discourse of English Studies as a university subject that developed in the first half of the twentieth century. Comparing and contrasting all the many writings of Leavis on Eliot, and the two on Lawrence, the study examines how Eliot is formative for the theory and practice of Leavis's literary criticism in both positive and negative ways, and investigates Lawrence's significance in relation to Leavis's changing attitude to Eliot. It also examines how profound differences in social, cultural, religious and national thinking strengthened Leavis's alliance with Lawrence to the detriment of his relationship with Eliot. These differences between the two writers are presented as dichotomies between nationalism and Europeanism/internationalism, ruralism/organicism and industrialism/metropolitanism, and relate to the two men's views on literary education, the subject of 'English' and the position of the Classics in the curriculum. It explores how Leavis's increasingly conflicted feelings about a figure to whom he owned an enormous critical debt and inspiration, but whose various beliefs and literary affiliations caused him much misgiving, result in a deep sense of division in Leavis himself which he sought to transfer onto Eliot as what he called a pathological 'case'.

Author : Zhang Dandan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367360870
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Criticism, Culture and the Subject of 'English': F. R. Leavis and T. S. Eliot written by Zhang Dandan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the highly convoluted relationship between F. R. Leavis and T. S. Eliot, comparing their ideas in literary and cultural criticism, and connecting it to the broader discourse of English Studies as a university subject that developed in the first half of the twentieth century. Comparing and contrasting all the many writings of Leavis on Eliot, and the two on Lawrence, the study examines how Eliot is formative for the theory and practice of Leavis's literary criticism in both positive and negative ways, and investigates Lawrence's significance in relation to Leavis's changing attitude to Eliot. It also examines how profound differences in social, cultural, religious and national thinking strengthened Leavis's alliance with Lawrence to the detriment of his relationship with Eliot. These differences between the two writers are presented as dichotomies between nationalism and Europeanism/internationalism, ruralism/organicism and industrialism/metropolitanism, and relate to the two men's views on literary education, the subject of 'English' and the position of the Classics in the curriculum. It explores how Leavis's increasingly conflicted feelings about a figure to whom he owned an enormous critical debt and inspiration, but whose various beliefs and literary affiliations caused him much misgiving, result in a deep sense of division in Leavis himself which he sought to transfer onto Eliot as what he called a pathological 'case'.

Author : Dandan Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000190935
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Criticism, Culture and the Subject of 'English': F.R. Leavis and T.S. Eliot written by Dandan Zhang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the highly convoluted relationship between F. R. Leavis and T. S. Eliot, comparing their ideas in literary and cultural criticism, and connecting it to the broader discourse of English Studies as a university subject that developed in the first half of the twentieth century. Comparing and contrasting all the many writings of Leavis on Eliot, and the two on Lawrence, the study examines how Eliot is formative for the theory and practice of Leavis’s literary criticism in both positive and negative ways, and investigates Lawrence’s significance in relation to Leavis’s changing attitude to Eliot. It also examines how profound differences in social, cultural, religious and national thinking strengthened Leavis’s alliance with Lawrence to the detriment of his relationship with Eliot. These differences between the two writers are presented as dichotomies between nationalism and Europeanism/internationalism, ruralism/organicism and industrialism/metropolitanism, and relate to the two men’s views on literary education, the subject of ‘English’ and the position of the Classics in the curriculum. It explores how Leavis’s increasingly conflicted feelings about a figure to whom he owned an enormous critical debt and inspiration, but whose various beliefs and literary affiliations caused him much misgiving, result in a deep sense of division in Leavis himself which he sought to transfer onto Eliot as what he called a pathological ‘case’.

Author : Richard Storer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113422026X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F.R. Leavis written by Richard Storer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘informative, succint, circumspect; an exacting introduction to Leavis as an incisive master critic. Ideal for today’s students and general readers’ – Chris Terry, Times Higher Education 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. Looking closely at a representative selection of Leavis’s work, Richard Storer outlines his thinking on key topics such as: literary theory, ‘criticism’ and culture canon formation modernism close reading higher education. 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.

Author : R. P. Bilan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521223245
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Literary Criticism of F. R. Leavis written by R. P. Bilan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1979-10-18 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis and assessment of the many strands of Leavis's work, emphasising the basic unity of his ideas.

Author : G. Day
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230377041
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-Reading Leavis written by G. Day and published by Springer. This book was released on 1996-10-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a much needed reassessment of F.R. Leavis. Gary Day argues that post-structuralist theory has defined itself in opposition to Leavis when in fact there are certain parallels between the two types of criticism. Day also draws attention to the connections between Leavis's early work and the emergent discourses of consumerism and scientific management. In particular he notes how at the centre of each is an image of the body and he analyses what this means for Leavis's conception of reading. By situating Leavis in relation to the concerns of post-structuralism and by locating him firmly in his historical context, Day is able to chart how far criticism can justly claim to be oppositional. At the same time, Day is able to recuperate from Leavis's work a notion of value; a topic which is becoming increasingly important in literary and cultural studies today.

Author : Joseph Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761871381
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leavis and Lonergan written by Joseph Fitzpatrick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates the value of the cross-fertilisation of literary criticism with philosophy, something Leavis advocated in his later writings. Lonergan’s epistemology of Critical Realism supports Leavis’s account of how we reach a valid judgment concerning the worth of a poem or literary text and his exploration of the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity illustrates how close engagement with serious literature can be considered morally beneficial, something Leavis passionately believed in. Leavis and Lonergan are at one in providing convincing arguments against Cartesian dualism and the dominant positivist philosophies of their times. And Leavis’s method and practice as a literary critic, which he developed independently of Lonergan, exemplify Lonergan’s epistemology as applied to literature and, in this way, illustrate its versatility and fruitfulness.

Author : Hans Bertens
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040039693
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Theory: The Basics written by Hans Bertens and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fourth edition, Literary Theory: The Basics is an essential guide to the complicated and often confusing world of literary theory. Readers will encounter a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism, queer studies, and ecocriticism. Literary Theory: The Basics shows, in an always lucid and accessible style, how literary theory and practice are connected, and considers key theories and approaches including: humanist criticism; structuralist and poststructuralist theory; postcolonial theory; posthumanism, ecocriticism, and animal studies; digital humanities and print culture studies. Literary theory has much to say about the wider world of humanities and beyond, and this guide helps readers to approach the many theories and debates with confidence. Expanded with updates throughout, this is the go-to guide for understanding literary theory today.

Author : Vincent Buckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry and Morality written by Vincent Buckley and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Storer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134220251
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book F.R. Leavis written by Richard Storer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘informative, succint, circumspect; an exacting introduction to Leavis as an incisive master critic. Ideal for today’s students and general readers’ – Chris Terry, Times Higher Education 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. Looking closely at a representative selection of Leavis’s work, Richard Storer outlines his thinking on key topics such as: literary theory, ‘criticism’ and culture canon formation modernism close reading higher education. 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.