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Also Known As Frank Raymond Leavis
Born July 14, 1895 • Cambridge • England
Died April 14, 1978 (aged 82) • Cambridge • England
Founder “Scrutiny”
Notable Works “New Bearings in English Poetry” • “The Great Tradition”
C. Day-Lewis, 1968.
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British poet
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D.H. Lawrence
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Matthew Arnold
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C.S. Lewis
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G.K. Chesterton
British author
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Robert Graves
British writer
Black and white photograph of William Empson working at the BBC as a news editor for the Eastern Service on August 10, 1946.
William Empson
British critic and poet
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
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I.A. Richards
British critic and poet
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John Wain
British critic and writer
Charlotte Lennox, detail of an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Charlotte Lennox
British author
Aldington, Richard
Richard Aldington
English author
Quiller-Couch, 1943
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
British writer
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British poet
Charles Clarke, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Cowden Clarke
English editor and critic
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Robert Williams Buchanan
English author
Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.
Walter de la Mare
British author
Portrait of Victoria Mary Sackville-West, c. 1925, showing her in three-quarter profile with wavy dark hair and a patterned coat over a light blouse.
Vita Sackville-West
British writer
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