Memoirs of a Leavisite : the decline and fall of Cambridge English / David Ellis.

"In the second half of the last century, the teaching of English literature was very much influenced and, in some places, entirely dominated by the ideas of F.R. Leavis. What was it like to be taught by this iconic figure? How and why did one become a Leavisite? In this unique book, part memoir...

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