The Greatest Books: Written by F. R. Leavis

F. R. Leavis

Nationality: British
Description: Frank Raymond "F. R." Leavis (14 July 1895 – 14 April 1978) was a British literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. He taught for much of his career at Downing College, Cambridge, and later at the University of York.
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Gender: Male

The best books of all time by F. R. Leavis

355 . Scrutiny by F. R. Leavis

Enormously important in education, especially in England. Leavis understood what one kind of 'living English' is.

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1152 . The Great Tradition by F. R. Leavis

'The great English novelists are Jane Austen, George Eliot, Henry James and Joseph Conrad.' So begins F. R. Leavis's most controversial book, The Great Tradition, an uncompromising critical-polemic...

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