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Culture and Anarchy

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First published: 1869
Pages: 150

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00 - Preface
57:42
01 - Chapter 1 Part 1 Sweetness and Light
29:56
02 - Chapter 1 Part 2 Sweetness and Light
26:14
03 - Chapter 2 Part 1 Doing As One Likes
23:39
04 - Chapter 2 Part 2: Doing As One Likes
21:01
05 - Chapter 3 Part 1: Barbarians, Philistines, Populace
29:50
06 - Chapter 3 Part 2: Barbarians, Philistines, Populace
26:54
07 - Chapter 4: Hebraism and Hellenism
27:54
08 - Chapter 5: Porro Unum Est Necessarium
33:41
09 - Chapter 6 Part 1: Our Liberal Practitioners
28:30
10 - Chapter 6 Part 2: Our Liberal Practitioners
28:14
11 - Chapter 6 Part 3: Our Liberal Practitioners
27:56

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Matthew Arnold gathered these essays in 1869 to argue that culture, which he called the pursuit of perfection and "the best which has been thought and said in the world," could steady a nation drifting toward disorder. Writing amid the industrial and political turmoil of Victorian England, he feared his countrymen had mistaken wealth, machinery, and personal liberty for real progress. He sorts English society into Barbarians, Philistines, and Populace, and sets the conduct-driven spirit he calls Hebraism against the free play of mind he calls Hellenism. His plea for "sweetness and light" became one of the most quoted phrases in English criticism. Read it here as a free PDF and EPUB edition.

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Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, one of the leading literary figures of the Victorian era. His poem 'Dover Beach' is among the most admired in the language.