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Volume : II, Issue : V, June - 2012 F. R. LEAVIS'S VIEWS ON T.S. ELIOT'S TRADITION AND THE INDIVIDUAL TALENT AS REFLECTED IN HIS ESSAY “LITERATURE AND SOCIETY” Shivaji Pawar Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : F.R. Leavis in the introductory paragraphs of his essay attempts to define a 'Marxist' or 'social' writer
as world who is involved and has identified himself with the life and conditions of the working class. In doing
this , the writer ought to trace and focus attention on the historical changes through which society and
consequently, the working class had passed. This will tend to highlight the conditions of working classes and
decline in their life and wage potentials. This, Leavis considers as the duty of every writer or a writer devoted
to be a 'social' writer. Similarly, the duty of 'Marxist' critic is to minutely study and bring out whether and to
what extent a writer who is a socialist, has succeeded in reflecting in his work the changing patterns of
society. In passing, Leavis refuses to recognize D.H.Lawrence (despite his occupation with the working-class
life), as a 'socialist' writer for his misrepresentation of reality from bourgeoisie point of view. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Shivaji Pawar, (2012). F. R. LEAVIS'S VIEWS ON T.S. ELIOT'S TRADITION AND THE INDIVIDUAL TALENT AS REFLECTED IN HIS ESSAY “LITERATURE AND SOCIETY”. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. V, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1049.pdf References : - Primary Source : Leavis, F.R. Literature and Society
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