New Bearings in English Poetry

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.

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