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Culture and anarchy / by Matthew Arnold ; edited by Samuel Lipman ; commentary by Maurice Cowling ... [et al.].

By: Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
Contributor(s): Lipman, Samuel | Cowling, Maurice.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Rethinking the Western tradition.Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1994Description: xix, 230 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0300058667; 0300058675 .Subject(s): Culture | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 306.0941
Contents:
Culture and anarchy -- Preface -- Introduction -- Sweetness and light -- Doing as one likes -- Barbarians, philistines, populace -- Hebraism and hellenism -- Porro Unum Est Necessarium -- Our liberal practitioners -- Conclusion -- "Culture and anarchy today" / Steven Marcus -- "Arnold, reason and common culture" / Gerald Graff -- "One-and-a-half cheers for Matthew Arnold" / Maurice Cowling -- "Why should we read culture and anarchy?" / Samuel Lipman.
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 306.0941 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00013308
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'Culture and Anarchy' is one of the central texts of the western intellectual tradition and continues to shape thinking about the tasks and requirements of culture and civil society.

The text is that of the 1st ed., 1869.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230).

Culture and anarchy -- Preface -- Introduction -- Sweetness and light -- Doing as one likes -- Barbarians, philistines, populace -- Hebraism and hellenism -- Porro Unum Est Necessarium -- Our liberal practitioners -- Conclusion -- "Culture and anarchy today" / Steven Marcus -- "Arnold, reason and common culture" / Gerald Graff -- "One-and-a-half cheers for Matthew Arnold" / Maurice Cowling -- "Why should we read culture and anarchy?" / Samuel Lipman.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Editor's Preface (p. vii)
  • Editor's Introduction (p. xi)
  • Author's Preface (p. 3)
  • Introduction (p. 39)
  • Chapter I Sweetness and Light (p. 43)
  • Chapter II Doing as one Likes (p. 72)
  • Chapter III Barbarians, Philistines, Populace (p. 98)
  • Chapter IV Hebraism and Hellenism (p. 129)
  • Chapter V Porro Unum Est Necessarium (p. 145)
  • Chapter VI Our Liberal Practitioners (p. 165)
  • Conclusion (p. 202)
  • Notes (p. 213)
  • Bibliography (p. 239)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Matthew Arnold, a noted poet, critic, and philosopher, was born in England on December 24, 1822 and educated at Oxford University. In 1851, he was appointed inspector of schools, a position he held until 1880. Arnold also served as a professor of poetry at Oxford, during which time he delivered many lectures that ultimately became essays.

Arnold is considered a quintessential proponent of Victorian ideals. He argued for higher standards in literature and education and extolled classic virtues of manners, impersonality and unanimity. After writing several works of poetry, Arnold turned to criticism, authoring such works as On Translating Homer, Culture and Anarchy, and Essays in Criticism. In these and other works, he criticized the populace, especially the middle class, whom he branded as "philistines" for their degrading values. He greatly influenced both British and American criticism.

In later life, he turned to religion. In works such as Literature and Dogma and God and the Bible, he explains his conservative philosophy and attempts to interpret the Bible as literature. Arnold died from heart failure on April 15, 1888 in Liverpool, England. (Bowker Author Biography)

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