Q. D. Leavis: Collected Essays: Volume 3Cambridge 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. |
Contents
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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Fashioning Childhood in the Eighteenth Century: Age and Identity Anja Müller No preview available - 2006 |