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Culture and anarchy and other writings

Arnold, Matthew, 1822-18881993
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Poet, education reformer, social theorist and passionate critic of Victorian England, Matthew Arnold condemned an industrial society in 'bondage to machinery' and argued instead that the wonder and joy of culture - in particular the 'sweetness and light' of classical civilisation - were essential to human life. The other pieces here, on literary criticism, schools, France, journalism and democracy, form a powerful call to arms from a writer who believed that the English needed to be taught not what to think, but how to think.
Main title:
Culture and anarchy and other writings / Matthew Arnold ; edited by Stefan Collini.
Imprint:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Collation:
xxxiv, 248 pages ; 22 cm.
Variant title:
Spine title: Culture and anarchy
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780521377966 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1166164
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