Lectures and Essays in Criticism

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University of Michigan Press, 1962 - 578 من الصفحات
The basis of Arnold's high reputation as literary critic

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Dante and Beatrice
3
Maurice de Guérin
12
The Bishop and the Philosopher
40
Tractatus TheologicoPoliticus
54
Dr Stanleys Lectures on the Jewish Church
65
Eugénie de Guérin
83
Heinrich Heine
107
Marcus Aurelius
133
Pagan and Mediæval Religious Sentiment
212
The Literary Influence of Academies
232
The Function of Criticism at the Present Time
258
Preface to Essays in Criticism
286
Introduction to On the Study of Celtic Literature
387
The Crewian Orations
397
Textual Notes
515
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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.

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