The Leavis-Bateson Debate : a study of condition, implication, propensity and bad-faith

This thesis is a study of the twentieth-century debate between F.R. Leavis and F.W. Bateson. In it I explore the critical positions held by Leavis and Bateson in relation to the function of criticism and the role of the critic. The epistemological inquiry central to my analysis asks: is literary cri...

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Main Author: Al-Janabi, Yousef
Published: University of Birmingham 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553226