Leavis, Q. D. (Queenie Dorothy)

Dickens, the novelist by F. R Leavis( Book )

76 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fiction and the reading public by Q. D Leavis( Book )

94 editions published between 1932 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of the nineteenth-century military genius and Zulu chief

Collected essays by Q. D Leavis( Book )

10 editions published between 1985 and 2008 in English and held by 795 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lectures in America by F. R Leavis( Book )

14 editions published in 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 695 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"For many centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement - the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to learn or to fear. And then everything changed, as the previously despised West won victory after victory, first on the battlefield and in the marketplace, then in almost every aspect of public and even private life." "In this volume, Bernard Lewis examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tried to understand why things had changed, how they had been overtaken, overshadowed, and to an increasing extent dominated by the West. Lewis provides a fascinating portrait of a culture in turmoil. He shows how the Middle East turned its attention to understanding European weaponry and military tactics, commerce and industry, government and diplomacy, education and culture. He describes how some Middle Easterners fastened blame on a series of scapegoats, both external and internal, while others asked, not "who did this to us?" but rather "where did we go wrong?" and, as a natural consequence, "how do we put it right?" Lewis highlights the striking differences between the Western and Middle Eastern cultures from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries with thought-provoking comparisons of such things as Christianity and Islam, music and the arts, the position of women, secularism and the civil society, the clock and the calendar."--BOOK JACKET

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë( Book )

67 editions published between 1847 and 1988 in 3 languages and held by 557 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Despite her plainness, Jane captures the heart of her enigmatic employer, Edward Rochester, but soon discovers he has a secret that could jeopardize any hope of happiness between them

Silas Marner : the weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot( Book )

43 editions published between 1861 and 2003 in English and held by 468 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The tale of an embittered, miserly, reclusive weaver whose spirit is redeemed while providing paternal care to a foundling child

F.R. Leavis : a literary biography by G Singh( Book )

2 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"F.R. Leavis (1895-1978), English literary critic, educationalist and thinker, possessed one of the most formidable, incisive and challenging minds of his age. His influence on the critical tradition has been enormous: in works such as New Bearings on English Poetry, Culture and Environment, The Great Tradition and The Common Pursuit, along with the quarterly journal Scrutiny, which he founded and edited, he fought against literary dilettantism and set new standards for criticism." "Leavis was no stranger to controversy: although he had no personal animus against those whose work he analysed, the forthrightness of his approach could not help but stir up debate, often heated, This occurred most famously in his criticism of C.P. Snow's 'Two Cultures', which sparked a controversy that had nationwide repercussions and even reached Europe and the USA." "For Leavis, literature was a criticism of life - the most effective way of training intelligence and sensibility - and he emphasised literature as a discipline of thought, as a vitalising force. Behind his authoritative critiques lie both a preoccupation with artistic values and a moral concern of the most profound and complex kind. His writings amount to a reinterpretation not only of English literature, but of the criteria and ethos implicit in the business of literary criticism itself."--BOOK JACKET

Collected essays by Q. D Leavis( Book )

22 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 95 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected essays by Q. D Leavis( Book )

17 editions published between 1983 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected essays by Q. D Leavis( Book )

9 editions published in 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide