Q. D. Leavis

Q. D. ('Queenie') Leavis (1906-1981), nee Roth, was an English literary critic and essayist.

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1906 - 1981 - Literary critic

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She wrote about the historical sociology of reading and the development of the English, the European, and the American novel. In her penetrating and lucid criticism she paid particular attention to the writings of Jane Austen, George Eliot, Herman Melville, the Brontes, Edith Wharton and Charles Dickens.

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Novel - Jane Austen - George Eliot - Herman Melville - Brontes - Edith Wharton - Charles Dickens

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Much of her work was published collaboratively with her husband, F. R. Leavis. She contributed to and supported as an editor Scrutiny (1932-1951), an influential journal that promoted a morally serious approach to literary criticism.

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F. R. Leavis - Scrutiny - Literary criticism

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Her collected essays which include some previously unpublished writings are available in three volumes

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