Who is F.R. Leaves from Literary Theory: An Introduction and what is their importance?

F.R. Leaves is a founding member of the "Scrutiny" movement. The Leavisian school of literary criticism is noted for its success in establishing the study of English as the prominent discipline in English academia. Leaves believed that literature was the medicine with which to cure the spiritual crisis that was the consequence of the events of the early twentieth century. Mankind had lost its direction and felt hopeless. The only place where the true spark of human life was contained was in literature. By reading literature, he believed, a person would be transformed and turned into a better, more open-minded kind of person.