Q. D. Leavis: Collected Essays: Volume 3

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Cambridge University Press, 1983 - 356 pages
The essays of Q.D. Leavis, in this third volume of her critical works, investigate previously unexplored aspects of Victorian literature. The majority of essays were written toward the end of her life and have never been published. Also included are essays and reviews that appeared originally in Scrutiny. Leavis focuses on the novel of religious controversy, the Anglo-Irish novel, women writers of the nineteenth century, and certain aspects of George Eliot's work. She examines these topics from literary, historical and sociological perspectives. The volume affords valuable new insights into nineteenth-century literature, reinforcing Leavis' reputation as a pioneering and penetrating critic.
 

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Sources and acknowledgements page vii
1
the novel of religious
12
The AngloIrish novel
61
Notes on some AngloIrish novels
82
Women writers of the nineteenth century
99
The development of character in George Eliots novels
122
George Eliot and the novel of religious
130
The Autobiography and Letters
159
Trollope and Evangelicalism
182
Belchamber
191
Cambridge critic
216
Professor Chadwick and English studies
227
Reviews
234
Notes
337
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