Leavis

[lee-vis]

noun

1. F(rank) R(aymond), 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.

Leavis

/ ˈliːvɪs /

noun

1. F ( rank ) R ( aymond ). 1895–1978, English literary critic. He edited Scrutiny (1932–53) and his books include The Great Tradition (1948) and The Common Pursuit (1952)

Other Word Forms

• Leavisite adjective

Example Sentences

Leavis, he holds the genre to high standards.

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Eagleton, the literary theorist and critic, reflects on six decades of criticism in Britain, focusing on the most influential post-World War I critics: T. S. Eliot, I. A. Richards, William Empson, F. R. Leavis and Raymond Williams.

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"Never been a part of a team that had fans storm the field," said Kentucky quarterback Will Leavis, who transferred this summer from Penn State.

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Of course, if Leavis had put Emily Brontë on his prize winners’ podium, he’d have spoiled the fun that comes with passionately rooting for an outsider.

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In 1948 FR Leavis explicitly excluded her from The Great Tradition –his book celebrating English novelists who actually matter – by arguing that Wuthering Heights was nothing but “a kind of sport”, which is an odd way of describing a novel in which no one cracks a smile.

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