'The great English novelists are Jane Austen, George Eliot, Henry James and Joseph Conrad.' So begins F. R. Leavis's most controversial book, The Great Traditio

‘informative, succint, circumspect; an exacting introduction to Leavis as an incisive master critic. Ideal for today’s students and general readers’ – C

‘informative, succint, circumspect; an exacting introduction to Leavis as an incisive master critic. Ideal for today’s students and general readers’ – C

A collection of new studies on one of the best known and most important British literary critics of the twentieth century. The book is divided into four section

A comprehensive analysis and assessment of the many strands of Leavis's work, emphasising the basic unity of his ideas.