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Leavisian, n. and a.|ˈliːvɪsɪən|
[f. the name of the English literary critic, Frank Raymond Leavis (b. 1895) + -ian.]
A. n. An admirer or follower of F. R. Leavis.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of F. R. Leavis or his writings.
1959Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 256/2 There are Leavisians, there are Empsonians, but, as an embattled band, preaching and practising the Master's doctrine, there are no Ricardians. 1963Ibid. 17 May 357/1 The Arnoldian and Leavisian concern with ‘high seriousness’. 1964Punch 29 Apr. 624/2 The phrase ‘quality of life’..is something of a Leavisian stock response. 1969Listener 16 Oct. 508/2 Many speakers brought a Leavisian passion and concern to the study of popular culture. They kept, in other words, to a view of art as a humanising study. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 19 May 577/2 The Leavisian conceptual articulation is compact, powerful and cogent. |