Key Facts

• Writer: F. R. Leavis (1895–1978)
• Original Title: Literature and Society
• Source: Based on lectures and essays later collected in The Common Pursuit (1952)
• Written Time: Early 1950s
• Published Date: 1952
• Form: Essay
• Genre: Literary Criticism / Cultural Criticism
• Tone: Serious, Analytical, Moralistic
• Point of View: Third Person, Critical and Evaluative
• Total Chapters: Single essay divided into thematic sections
• Setting:

• Time Setting: Post–World War II England (Modern Industrial Age)
• Place Setting: English cultural and literary context, especially the Cambridge academic tradition