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The Common Pursuit by F. R. Leavis (Paperback, 2008)

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F.R. Leavis was the chief editor of Scrutiny, which between 1932 and 1953 had some claim on being the most influential literary journal in the English-speaking world. The Common Pursuit is a selection of Leavis's essays from Scrutiny,including his robust defence of Milton against T.S. Eliot, his deeply-felt engagement with Shakespeare, and his severe strictures on attempts to import sociology and political activism into the study of literature. The title of the book comes from a passage in Eliot?s ?The Function of Criticism?, in which the poet argues that the critic must engage in ?the common pursuit of true judgment?. For Leavis, this meant a strenuous insistence on discriminatory criticism ? clear statements about what is good and morally mature and admirable, and equally clear condemnation of what is trivial. The Common Pursuit, with its controversial judgments of Bunyan and Auden, Swift and Forster, remains as challenging now as it did in 1952, and it is easy to see why Leavis ? who was never offered a professorship by CambridgeUniversity ? held such sway over the study of English literature in his time.

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Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571243433
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103268454

Product Key Features

Book Title
The Common Pursuit
Author
F. R. Leavis
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
312 Pages

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Item Height
198mm
Item Width
126mm
Item Weight
332g

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Title_Author
F. R. Leavis
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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