Portrait of F. R. Leavis

Modernism

F. R. Leavis

1895 – 1978

British literary critic (1895–1978)

  • United Kingdom
  • British
  • Practical Criticism / Scrutiny
  • Literary Theory
UGC NET importance

About

Frank Raymond "F. R." Leavis was an English literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. He taught for much of his career at Downing College, Cambridge, and later at the University of York.

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1895 – 1978
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