F.R. Leavis: A Life in Criticism.

World Literature Today | March 22, 1998| | Copyright

Ian MacKillop. New York. St. Martin's. 1997. xvii + 476 pages + 8 plates. $35. ISBN 0-312-16357-6.

What is a life in criticism? To judge by Ian MacKillop's performance here, it consists of adding up assorted facts and anecdotes about his biographical subject's ancestry, education, family, friends, associates, enemies, disciples, and academic career, focusing especially on his publications. How such a life might differ from a life lived only partly in criticism or even altogether out of criticism is, however, never made clear, unless, that is, MacKillop merely means us to ...

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