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... Leavis's sociology also posits an ideal totality , in this case the organic community , situated in a mythical past , by which to judge and condemn subsequent historical developments . Of course , Leavis's organic community is not a ...
... Leavis's sociology also posits an ideal totality , in this case the organic community , situated in a mythical past , by which to judge and condemn subsequent historical developments . Of course , Leavis's organic community is not a ...
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... Leavis , the central mediating agency between the writer and society is ' literary tradition ' . This concept of tradition , which Leavis takes over from Eliot , entails the notion of a continuous literary culture which is essentially ...
... Leavis , the central mediating agency between the writer and society is ' literary tradition ' . This concept of tradition , which Leavis takes over from Eliot , entails the notion of a continuous literary culture which is essentially ...
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... Leavis cf. A. Milner , ' Leavis and English Literary Criticism ' , in Praxis , Berkeley , California , vol . 1 , no . 2 , Winter 1976 . 147. F. R. Leavis , Scrutiny : A Retrospect , vol . xx , p . 4 . 148. Leavis , The Common Pursuit ...
... Leavis cf. A. Milner , ' Leavis and English Literary Criticism ' , in Praxis , Berkeley , California , vol . 1 , no . 2 , Winter 1976 . 147. F. R. Leavis , Scrutiny : A Retrospect , vol . xx , p . 4 . 148. Leavis , The Common Pursuit ...
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The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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