Memoirs of a Leavisite : The Decline and Fall of Cambridge English.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781781387115
- 801.95
- PR55.L43 E45 2013
Intro -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Holloway -- 2 First Impressions -- 3 sanctimonious prick? -- 4 Close reading -- 5 time out -- 6 QDL -- 7 Class -- 8 politics -- 9 France -- 10 The Richmond lecture -- 11 Loose end -- 12 Research -- 13 Theory -- 14 Australia -- 15 shakespeare, stendhal and James smith -- 16 teaching in the UK -- 17 Lawrence -- 18 … and Eliot -- 19 Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Part study of Leavis, part memoir of being taught by him and his lasting influence on the author and on a whole generation of English Literature scholars.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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