The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR Leavis's "eat up your broccoli" approach to fiction emphasises this junkfood/wholefood dichotomy. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
The few really great-the major novelists ... are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
Poetry can communicate the actual quality of experience with a subtlety and precision unapproachable by any other means. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
It is well to start by distinguishing the few really great - the major novelists who count in the same way as the major… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR Leavis's "eat… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
A good deal of Paradise Lost strikes one as being almost as mechanical as bricklaying. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
The only way to escape misrepresentation is never to commit oneself to any critical judgement that makes an impact - that is, never to… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
In any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends ... They are still a… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
