Re-Reading Leavis: Culture and Literary Criticism

by Gary Day

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:031216419X

ISBN13:9780312164195

Release Date:December 1996

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:307 Pages

Weight:1.31 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.7" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods

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