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F. R. Leavis

(1895—1978) literary critic

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Leavis, F. R.

Leavis, F. R.   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Literature
Length:
2,788 words
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The literary critic F. R. Leavis (1895–1978) is difficult to describe and assess fairly. He wrote a number ...

Leavis, F. R.

Leavis, F. R. (1895–1978)   Reference library

Paul Schlicke

Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (19th century)
Length:
114 words

In The Great Tradition: George Eliot, Henry James, Joseph Conrad (1948), Leavis dismissed Dickens as ‘a great entertainer’, ...

Leavis, F. R.

Leavis, F. R. (1895–1978)   Quick reference

World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
52 words

His works of criticism include The Great Tradition (1948), The Common Pursuit (1952), and D.H. Lawrence, ...

Leavis, F. R.

Leavis, F. R.   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Literature, Literary studies (20th century onwards)
Length:
443 words

(1895–1978), ...

British literary critic, born in Cambridge, where he was educated at Emmanuel College, gaining his doctorate in ...

Leavis, F(rank) R(aymond)

Leavis, F(rank) R(aymond) (1895–1978)   Quick reference

Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
History
Length:
314 words
British literary critic and university teacher. He was made a CH in 1978. ... Leavis was educated at Cambridge, first at the Perse School and then at Emmanuel College, where he ... More

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