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Leavis

[ lee-vis ]

noun

  1. F(rank) R(aymond), 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.


Leavis

/ ˈliːvɪs /

noun

  1. LeavisF(rank) R(aymond)18951978MEnglishWRITING: literary critic F ( rank ) R ( aymond ). 1895–1978, English literary critic. He edited Scrutiny (1932–53) and his books include The Great Tradition (1948) and The Common Pursuit (1952)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈLeavisˌite, adjectivenoun
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Example Sentences

Leavis, he holds the genre to high standards.

Eagleton, the literary theorist and critic, reflects on six decades of criticism in Britain, focusing on the most influential post-World War I critics: T. S. Eliot, I. A. Richards, William Empson, F. R. Leavis and Raymond Williams.

"Never been a part of a team that had fans storm the field," said Kentucky quarterback Will Leavis, who transferred this summer from Penn State.

But it was not the core, whatever Dr. Leavis said in his lectures.

At various talks in his final year Robbie had heard a psychoanalyst, a Communist trade union official and a physicist each declare for his own field as passionately, as convincingly, as Leavis had for his own.

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