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Leavis and Lonergan: Literary Criticism and Philosophy

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Leavis and Lonergan: Literary Criticism and Philosophy - Fitzpatrick, Joseph
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This book illustrates the value of the cross-fertilisation of literary criticism with philosophy, something Leavis advocated in his later writings. Lonergan's epistemology of Critical Realism supports Leavis's account of how we reach a valid judgment concerning the worth of a poem or literary text and his exploration of the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity illustrates how close engagement with serious literature can be considered morally beneficial, something Leavis passionately believed in. Leavis and ...

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Leavis and Lonergan: Literary Criticism and Philosophy 2021, Hamilton Books, Lanham

ISBN-13: 9780761871378

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