The Living Principle (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: F. R. Leavis
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Literary and cultural criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Literature, Education or educators, Writing, Books, Reading, Intellect, Humanities
Form and Content
Published when he was eighty years old, The Living Principle, subtitled “English” as a Discipline of Thought, could be seen as F. R. Leavis’ final reflections on the importance for universities and society at large of the study of literature and the discipline of literary criticism. Before his death in 1978, he was to publish one other book, Thoughts, Words, and Creativity: Art and Thought in Lawrence (1976), which is essentially literary criticism, containing analyses of D. H. Lawrence’s The Plumed Serpent (1926), Women...
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