- Leavis
- biographical name Frank Raymond 1895-1978 English critic • Leavisian adjective • Leavisite adjective
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Leavis
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Leavis — is a surname, and may refer to:* F. R. Leavis (1895 1978), influential British literary critic * Q. D. Leavis (1906 1981), English literary critic and essayistleavis* Beavis * Leaves * Levis … Wikipedia
Leavis — [ liːvɪs], F. (Frank) R. (Raymond), englischer Literaturkritiker, * Cambridge 14. 7. 1895, ✝ ebenda 17. 4. 1978; war 1936 62 Fellow des Downing College in Cambridge. Leavis betonte die moralische Funktion der Literatur und war ein… … Universal-Lexikon
Leavis — [lē′vis] F(rank) R(aymond) 1895 1978; Eng. literary critic … English World dictionary
Leavis, F.R. — ▪ British critic in full Frank Raymond Leavis born July 14, 1895, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng. died April 14, 1978, Cambridge English literary critic who championed seriousness and moral depth in literature and criticized what he… … Universalium
Leavis, F.R. — b. 1895, Cambridge; d. 1978 Academic and critic Frank Raymond Leavis was a teacher of English at Cambridge, whose mid century authority derived from his co editorship of the journal Scrutiny (1932– 53) and numerous works of humanist… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
LEAVIS, QUEENIE DOROTHY — (1906–1981), British literary scholar. Queenie Leavis, the daughter of a Jewish draper, Morris Roth, of Edmonton, London, was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, where she received a first degree and won four prizes. In 1929 she married the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Leavis — /lee vis/, n. F(rank) R(aymond), 1895 1978, English critic and teacher. * * * … Universalium
Leavis — /ˈlivəs/ (say leevuhs) noun F(rank) R(aymond), 1895–1978, English author and critic. –Leavisite, noun, adjective …
Leavis — /lee vis/, n. F(rank) R(aymond), 1895 1978, English critic and teacher … Useful english dictionary
F R Leavis — ➡ Leavis * * * … Universalium
