This book offers a much needed reassessment of F.R. Leavis. Gary
Day argues that post-structuralist theory has defined itself in
opposition to Leavis when in fact there are certain parallels
between the two types of criticism. Day also draws attention to the
connections between Leavis's early work and the emergent discourses
of consumerism and scientific management. In particular he notes
how at the centre of each is an image of the body and he analyses
what this means for Leavis's conception of reading. By situating
Leavis in relation to the concerns of post-structuralism and by
locating him firmly in his historical context, Day is able to chart
how far criticism can justly claim to be oppositional. At the same
time, Day is able to recuperate from Leavis's work a notion of
value; a topic which is becoming increasingly important in literary
and cultural studies today.
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