Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book in 1869. The preface was added in 1875.[1] Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High...
By Matthew Arnold, edited by Samuel Lipman, with commentary by Maurice Cowling, Gerald Graff, Samuel Lipman, and Steven Marcus (Yale, 289 pp., $30) EVERYBODY knows those last fatalistic lines of Arnold's "Dover Beach": And we are here as on a darkling...
How stupid should MPs be? The question is a real one, not just another jab at an easy target, but if it sounds coarse feel free to replace it with a less prejudicial alternative - how cultured should MPs be? Both questions are prompted...
In the following essay, Buckler analyzes Arnold's role as a critical moralist, focusing on the high standard that the author set for himself and the society in which he lived.
In the following essay, Pratt traces the development of Arnold's philosophy in works written prior to Culture and Anarchy, commenting on the incorporation of these ideas into his most well-known work.
In the following essay, Pecora considers various critical approaches to Culture and Anarchy, paying particular attention to Arnold's notion, or lack thereof, of race.
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