Scrutiny was first issued quarterly from Cambridge between 1932 and 1953, the principal editor throughout being Dr Leavis. It is now recognized as a formative influence on English intellectual and cultural life worthy to rank with the great reviews of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This reissue is of the 1963 combined set, including a final volume containing an important Retrospect by Dr Leavis and a substantial analytical index. Scrutiny offers an almost complete critical history of English literature from Chaucer to the mid-twentieth century. Medieval literature, Shakespeare, the seventeenth-century poets, Pope, Dryden, Johnson, the great romantics, the Victorians, and nearly all the important modern writers are seriously examined. Many of the articles have become classics, and resulted in revisions of previously accepted views. An important feature of Scrutiny, still of great interest, is the book review section, where many of the important books of the time, and some of the pretentious ones too, were reviewed as they appeared.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521067928
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95246778
Product Key Features
Book Title
Scrutiny: a Quarterly Review Vol. 16 1949
Author
F. R. Leavis
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
364 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
228mm
Item Width
148mm
Volume
Volume 16
Item Weight
300 g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Scrutiny: a Quarterly Review 20 Volume Paperback Set 1932-53