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Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford
This book explores how a small circle of Cambridge literary critics turned into a movement that revolutionized the way English was taught and brought popular culture into classrooms. The leader, F. R. Leavis, was a well-known and controversial...
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This book explores how a small circle of Cambridge literary critics turned into a movement that revolutionized the way English was taught and brought popular culture into classrooms. The leader, F. R. Leavis, was a well-known and controversial writer. The focus of this book is not on Leavis but on the people who put his ideas into practice. Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Introduction: Pledged Intelligence -- 1. How to Teach Reading -- 2. Culture and Environment -- 3. Origins and Destinations -- 4. Will Teachers Bear Scrutiny? -- 5. Adult Education and 'Left-Leavisism' -- 6. Discrimination and the Popular Arts -- 7. Minority Culture and the Penguin Public -- 8. Scrutiny's Empire -- Conclusion: The Project of Scrutiny -- Appendix: Schools and Fathers' Occupations of Downing College Undergraduates Reading English, 1932-62 -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
