ISBN: 9789367211854 Author: F. R. Leavis Pages: 150 Size: A5 Genre: Literary Criticism / Modern Poetry / English Literature Edition: First Edition (2025) Binding: Paperback
Key Features:
✔ Pioneering work in 20th-century literary criticism
✔ Analyzes modernist poets with critical insight and moral seriousness
✔ Features T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Gerard Manley Hopkins, W. B. Yeats
✔ Emphasizes innovation and aesthetic challenges in poetry
✔ A compact and reader-friendly edition for academic use
Description:
New Bearings in English Poetry is one of the most significant critical texts of the 20th century. F. R. Leavis challenges the dominance of conventional poetic styles, arguing passionately for a new seriousness in literature. His critical evaluations of Eliot, Pound, and Hopkins redefined literary standards and inspired generations of students and scholars. A vital study for anyone seeking to understand the rise of modernist poetics and its lasting cultural legacy.
