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Re-Reading Leavis : Culture and Literary Criticism, Hardback Book

Re-Reading Leavis : Culture and Literary Criticism Hardback

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This book offers a much needed reassessment of F.R.

Leavis. Gary Day argues that post-structuralist theory has defined itself in opposition to Leavis when in fact there are certain parallels between the two types of criticism.

Day also draws attention to the connections between Leavis's early work and the emergent discourses of consumerism and scientific management.

In particular he notes how at the centre of each is an image of the body and he analyses what this means for Leavis's conception of reading.

By situating Leavis in relation to the concerns of post-structuralism and by locating him firmly in his historical context, Day is able to chart how far criticism can justly claim to be oppositional.

At the same time, Day is able to recuperate from Leavis's work a notion of value; a topic which is becoming increasingly important in literary and cultural studies today.

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