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Originally published in 1951, this book makes the original argument that the renowned English critic Matthew Arnold contributed to the climate of racialism current during his lifetime. Frederic Faverty shows that in his essays on national character, Arnold used anthropological concepts of race and language, albeit inconsistently.

Matthew Arnold the Ethnologist

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      Publisher Northwestern University Press
      Published 30 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9780810138384
      978-0810138384
      ISBN-10 0810138387
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originally published in 1951, this book makes the original argument that the renowned English critic Matthew Arnold contributed to the climate of racialism current during his lifetime. Frederic Faverty shows that in his essays on national character, Arnold used anthropological concepts of race and language, albeit inconsistently.

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