F.R. Leavis: Essays and Documents

Description

A collection of studies on one of the best-known and most important British literary critics of the twentieth century. The book is divided into four sections: 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.

The late Ian MacKillop was a Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. Ian MacKillop is Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Sheffield. Richard Storer is Lecturer in English, Trinity & All Saints, a College of the University of Leeds.

"A comprehensive, meticulously researched and even-handed biography...It is a splendid achievement and a brave one." "--Times Higher Education Supplement