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Leavisite [ˈliːvɪsˌaɪt] adj (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or relating to F(rank) R(aymond) Leavis, the English literary critic (1895-1978), n (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a follower or admirer of Leavis How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The themes (traditionally understood) in Lawrence that form the subject matter of the first three chapters inform the reader through a conventional close reading, but with little deployment of any critical paradigm or concepts, so much so that I could imagine myself as an undergraduate once again, reading Lawrence at a red-brick Leavisite department in the 1970s. He came out as a Leavisite, or rather a Leavisian since Leavisites, he would tell us, are a cult that clings too tightly to the word of the Father. James read English at Cambridge, where the Leavisite outlook impressed itself upon him. |
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