Matthew Arnold
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| '''Matthew Arnold''' ([[24 December]] [[1822]] – [[15 April]] [[1888]]) was an [[England|English]] poet and [[cultural critic]], who worked as an inspector of schools. He is best remembered for his defense of [[high culture]], ''[[Culture and Anarchy]]'' (1869). | '''Matthew Arnold''' ([[24 December]] [[1822]] – [[15 April]] [[1888]]) was an [[England|English]] poet and [[cultural critic]], who worked as an inspector of schools. He is best remembered for his defense of [[high culture]], ''[[Culture and Anarchy]]'' (1869). | ||
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| - | == ''Culture and Anarchy'' (1869)== | ||
| - | ''Culture and Anarchy'' is a book by [[Matthew Arnold]], first published in [[1869]]. | ||
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| - | Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High Victorian cultural agenda which remained dominant in debate from the 1860s until the 1950s. | ||
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| - | According to his view advanced in the book, "Culture [...] is a study of perfection". He further wrote that: "[Culture] seeks to do away with classes; to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere; to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light [...]". | ||
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| - | This passage is often misquoted as "[culture is] the best that has been thought and said". | ||
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Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. He is best remembered for his defense of high culture, Culture and Anarchy (1869).
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