English Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, Literary Theory - General & Miscellaneous, Education - Miscellaneous Topics
"I believe in the critic’s business," Leavis remarks with some irony. His concerns here are with the problems and predicaments of contemporary civilization, the idea of the university as a creative center for an educated public, and the nature of thought as it occurs and operates in creative writing.
Synopsis
One of the century's great critics, now back in print. His concerns here are with the predicaments of contemporary civilization, the idea of the university as a creative center, and the nature of thought in creative writing. With an Introduction by Paul Dean.
Library Journal
In this trio, published in 1983, 1975, and 1947, respectively, the great British literary critic analyzes poetry from Milton and Pope to the Romantics on up to T.S. Eliot. LJ's reviewer commented that the "pieces illustrate Leavis's perception of himself as one who [tries] to communicate `with consummate delicacy...the creative work of a great writer' and who saw as his duty the Sisyphean labor of `reestablishing an educated reading public' " (LJ 2/1/83). More for the academic crowd.
In this trio, published in 1983, 1975, and 1947, respectively, the great British literary critic analyzes poetry from Milton and Pope to the Romantics on up to T.S. Eliot. LJ's reviewer commented that the "pieces illustrate Leavis's perception of himself as one who [tries] to communicate `with consummate delicacy...the creative work of a great writer' and who saw as his duty the Sisyphean labor of `reestablishing an educated reading public' " (LJ 2/1/83). More for the academic crowd.
