Research Catalog

Title

Culture and anarchy / Matthew Arnold ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jane Garnett.

Author

Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Garnett, Jane.

Description

xl, 221 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

"Matthew Arnold's famous series of essays, which were first published in book form under the title Culture and Anarchy in 1869, debate important questions about the nature of culture and society. Arnold seeks to find out what culture really is, what good it can do, and if it is really necessary. He contrasts culture, which he calls the study of perfection, with anarchy, the mood of unrest and uncertainty that pervaded mid-Victorian England." "This edition reproduces the original book version, revealing the immediate historical context and controversy of the piece. The introduction and notes broaden out the interpretative approach to Arnold's text, elaborating on the complexities of the religious context. The book also reinforces the continued importance of Arnold's ideas its influences in the face of the challenges of multi-culturalism and post-modernism."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Subjects

• 1800-1899
• Culture
• Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0192805118 (alk. paper)
• 9780192805119 (alk. paper)
• 9780192805119

LCCN

^^2006016457

OCLC

• 69241458
• SCSB-11020883

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library