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Overcoming Matthew Arnold : ethics in culture and criticism /
Opening the way for a reexamination of Matthew Arnold's contributions to ethical criticism, James Walter Caufield emphasizes the central role of philosophical pessimism in Arnold's master tropes of 'culture' and 'conduct.' He argues that Arnoldian conduct is grounded in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Opening the way for a reexamination of Matthew Arnold's contributions to ethical criticism, James Walter Caufield emphasizes the central role of philosophical pessimism in Arnold's master tropes of 'culture' and 'conduct.' He argues that Arnoldian conduct is grounded in an ethic of 'renouncement' that wholly informs both his poetry and prose and has continuing relevance to much contemporary ethical criticism. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409426516 1409426513 9781409426523 1409426521 1283382822 9781283382823 |