F. R. Leavis
F. R. Leavis was a British paramedic, writer, literary critic, literary historian, scholar of english and literary scholar (1895–1978). He was born at Cambridge.
Also recorded as Frank Raymond Leavis; F Leavis.
F. R. Leavis in brief
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1978
- Known for
- paramedic, writer, literary critic, literary historian, scholar of english and literary scholar
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
Contents
Catalogued works
34 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1930 to 2009.
The Great Tradition. Revaluation. The "great books" and a liberal education. The common pursuit. How to teach reading. Mass civilisation and minority culture. F. R. Leavis's recent uncollected lectures. No Royalty A/C Culture and Environment. Lectures in America. Gerard Manley Hopkins. D.H. Lawrence, novelist. D.H. Lawrence. Determinations; critical essays. Determinations. Scrutiny. Two Cultures The Significance Of Cp Snow. D.H.Lawrence. English literature in our time and the university. Nor shall my sword. Culture and environment. New bearings in English poetry. Dickens the novelist. Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review, dated 1963. Towards standards of criticism, dated 1933. Anna Karenina, and other essays. Reading out poetry and Eugenio Montale, dated 1979. Reading out poetry, dated 1979. Valuation in criticism and other essays, dated 1986. Anna Karenina and other essays, dated 1967. The two cultures controversy : science, literature and cultural politics in postwar Britain / Guy Ortolano., dated 2009, held by Wellcome Collection. Lasswell H P, Leavy S A, Lentz T F, McCance R A, McIntyre A R, Moore D, Morgenthau Prof H J, Nuffield Foundation, <i>Observer</i>, dated 1959-1964, held by Wellcome Collection. Dudley Young, dated c.1971-1992, held by Wellcome Collection. General Correspondence, dated 1930-1986, held by Wellcome Collection. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), novelist: notes on his health, dated 1936, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
WHY LEAVIS?, F.R. Leavis, 2009. ‘WHAT IS LEAVIS’?, F.R. Leavis, 2009. The Moral Imperatives of F. R. Leavis, The Antioch Review, 1968. LEAVIS, LAWRENCE AND ELIOT, F.R. Leavis, 1979. Poetry and Sincerity: Leavis on Yeats, F.R. Leavis, 2016. F.R. Leavis: a Bibliography of Critical Studies, Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 1989. ‘Sentimental’: Since the Death of Little Nell, Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2012. The Legacy of G. Wilson Knight, Linguaculture, 2017. The Institutionalization of Shakespeare Studies in the United Kingdom, Multicultural Shakespeare, 2023. Fanfiction as ‘Textual Poaching’: Reconfiguring Fanfiction in Literary Production and Participatory Culture, Lingua Cultura, 2026.
Digitised editions and texts
9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
the great tradition (1962) — Internet Archive. Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review (1963) — Internet Archive. Revaluation: Tradition & Development In English Poetry (1969) — Internet Archive. revaluation tradition & developmentin english poetry (1953) — Internet Archive. Scrutiny: A Retrospect Indexes Errata (1963) — Internet Archive. New Bearings in English Poetry: A Study of the Contemporary Situation (1964) — Internet Archive. The Common Pursuit (1952) — Internet Archive. Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review (No. 1) (1963) — Internet Archive. scrunity: a quarterly review (1963) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1895F. R. Leavis born at Cambridge.
- 1953revaluation tradition & developmentin english poetry digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1962the great tradition digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1963Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1963Scrutiny: A Retrospect Indexes Errata digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1964New Bearings in English Poetry: A Study of the Contemporary Situation digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1969Revaluation: Tradition & Development In English Poetry digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1978F. R. Leavis died at Cambridge.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“F. R. Leavis”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2428288: F. R. Leavis
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Elsewhere in Books
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