Quote of the day
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
F. R. Leavis
Born: July 14, 1895
Died: April 14, 1978 (aged 82)
Bio: Frank Raymond "F. R." Leavis was an influential British literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. He taught for much of his career at Downing College, Cambridge and later at the University of York.
Known for:
- The Great Tradition (1948)
- The common pursuit (1952)
- Revaluation (1936)
- New bearings in English poetry (1932)
- Two cultures?