Q. D. Leavis Collected Essays Volume 3 [Paperback]

This third volume of Q. D. Leavis's essays brings together pieces on hitherto unexplored aspects of Victorian literature.This third volume of Q. D. Leavis's essays brings together pieces on hitherto unexplored aspects of Victorian literature. Most of these date from towards the end of her life and are previously unpublished. There are also essays and reviews which appeared originally in Scrutiny.This third volume of Q. D. Leavis's essays brings together pieces on hitherto unexplored aspects of Victorian literature. Most of these date from towards the end of her life and are previously unpublished. There are also essays and reviews which appeared originally in Scrutiny.The essays of Q.D. Leavis, in this third volume of her critical works, investigate previously unexplored aspects of Victorian literature. The majority of essays were written toward the end of her life and have never been published. Also included are essays and reviews that appeared originally in Scrutiny. Leavis focuses on the novel of religious controversy, the Anglo-Irish novel, women writers of the nineteenth century, and certain aspects of George Eliot's work. She examines these topics from literary, historical and sociological perspectives. The volume affords valuable new insights into nineteenth-century literature, reinforcing Leavis' reputation as a pioneering and penetrating critic.Sources and acknowledgements; Editor's introduction; 1. Mrs Inchbald: A Simple Story; 2. 'That great controversy': the novel of religious controversy in the nineteenth century; 3. The Anglo-lrish novel; 4. Appendix: 5. Notes on some Anglo-lrish novels; 6. Women writers of the nineteenth century; 7. The development of character in George Eliot's novels; 8. Appendix; 9. Mrs Oliphant: Miss Varjoribanks (Introduction); 10. Mrs Oliphant: The Autobiography and Letters (Introduction); 11. Trollope and Evangelicalism; 12. Howard Sturgis: Belchamber; 13. Literary values and the novel; 14. Leslie Stephen: Cambridge critic;l£&