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The career of Matthew Arnold as an eminent poet and the preeminent critic of his generation constitutes a remarkable historical spectacle orchestrated by a host of powerful Victorian cultural institutions.The

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“This authoritatively, often handsomely written set of essays reflects several decades’ analytic rumination on Arnold the man and the writer—the figure who made himself by poetry and then, decisively, by essayistic prose the leading Victorian influence on literary criticism as it was practiced and discussed in the twentieth-century Anglophone world.”
“(A)n impressive analysis of a subtle, learned, and earnest thinker.” * Choice *
“Antony H. Harrison’s new book on Matthew Arnold is significant because it apparently represents the culmination of his work on this Victorian poet and critic over the past two decades…. Harrison continues to employ a historicist cultural studies methodology, pointing to Pierre Bourdieu as an especially important influence…. .” * Victorian Studies *

The Cultural Production of Matthew Arnold

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      Publisher: Ohio University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/11/2009
      ISBN13: 9780821419007, 978-0821419007
      ISBN10: 0821419005

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The career of Matthew Arnold as an eminent poet and the preeminent critic of his generation constitutes a remarkable historical spectacle orchestrated by a host of powerful Victorian cultural institutions.The

      Trade Review
      “This authoritatively, often handsomely written set of essays reflects several decades’ analytic rumination on Arnold the man and the writer—the figure who made himself by poetry and then, decisively, by essayistic prose the leading Victorian influence on literary criticism as it was practiced and discussed in the twentieth-century Anglophone world.”
      “(A)n impressive analysis of a subtle, learned, and earnest thinker.” * Choice *
      “Antony H. Harrison’s new book on Matthew Arnold is significant because it apparently represents the culmination of his work on this Victorian poet and critic over the past two decades…. Harrison continues to employ a historicist cultural studies methodology, pointing to Pierre Bourdieu as an especially important influence…. .” * Victorian Studies *

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