Critical Quarterly, Leavisism and UEA

Taunton, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-7809 (2019) Critical Quarterly, Leavisism and UEA. Critical Quarterly, 61 (2). pp. 5-14. ISSN 0011-1562

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Abstract

This article explores the origins of Critical Quarterly, situating it in relation to Leavisite ideas that were prevalent in the 1950s and 1960s. It argues that CQ presented a modified version of the Leavisite project, stressing (against Leavis) the continued vitality of contemporary culture, and seeking to expand the readership for informed literary criticism beyond the walls of the university. This democratising mission was to some extent shared in common with the early years of English at UEA, where it contributed to the founding of Britain’s first creative writing programme.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	literary criticism,english literature,leavisism,periodical studies
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	30 Apr 2019 09:30
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 01:35
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70749
DOI:	10.1111/criq.12473

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