F. R. Leavis was the chief editor of Scrutiny, which between 1932 and 1953 had some claim on being the most influential literary journal in the English-speaking world. The Common Pursuit is a selection of Leavis's essays from Scrutiny, including his robust defence of Milton against T. S. Eliot, his deeply-felt engagement with Shakespeare, and his severe strictures on attempts to import sociology and political activism into the study of literature. The title of the book comes from a passage in Eliot's 'The Function of ...
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F. R. Leavis was the chief editor of Scrutiny, which between 1932 and 1953 had some claim on being the most influential literary journal in the English-speaking world. The Common Pursuit is a selection of Leavis's essays from Scrutiny, including his robust defence of Milton against T. S. Eliot, his deeply-felt engagement with Shakespeare, and his severe strictures on attempts to import sociology and political activism into the study of literature. The title of the book comes from a passage in Eliot's 'The Function of Criticism', in which the poet argues that the critic must engage in 'the common pursuit of true judgment'. For Leavis, this meant a strenuous insistence on discriminatory criticism - clear statements about what is good and morally mature and admirable, and equally clear condemnation of what is trivial. The Common Pursuit, with its controversial judgments of Bunyan and Auden, Swift and Forster, remains as challenging now as it did in 1952, and it is easy to see why Leavis - who was never offered a professorship by Cambridge University - held such sway over the study of English literature in his time.
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Good. Ex-library, with several stamps and labels typical of that designation. Interior boards have stamps, pencilled library notations, and a card pouch. The boards are clean, sharp and clean. The spine is firmly attached and is extremely. Interior text block is lightly age toned, but the actual text is clean and unmarked. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6 3/4 in-7 3/4 in tall. Year: 1952.
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Fair in Fair jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 307pp., (i). Small bumps to corners of boards that also extends to corners of some pages. Volume slightly cocked, with light to medium wear to places on cloth. A touch of soiling to edges of pages. Unobtrusive pencil notes to approximately 25 pages. Binding sound. Several short tears and small chips to price-clipped dust-jacket that also admits to light soiling and a little sunning. Overall, a good, clean, sound, user friendly copy.
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