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Culture & Anarchy
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Culture and Anarchy, major work
of criticism by Matthew Arnold, published in 1869. In it Arnold contrasts culture, which he defines as “the study of perfection,” with anarchy, the prevalent mood of England’s then new democracy, which lacks standards and a sense of direction.
Arnold classified English society into the Barbarians (with their lofty spirit, serenity, and distinguished manners and their inaccessibility to ideas), the Philistines (the stronghold of religious nonconformity, with plenty of energy and moralitybut insufficient “sweetness and light”), and the Populace (still raw and blind). He saw in the Philistines the key to culture; they were the most influential segment of society; their strength was the nation’s strength, their crudeness its crudeness; it therefore was necessary to educate and humanize the Philistines.
Arnold saw in the idea of “the State,” and not in any one class of society, the true organ and repository of the nation's collective “best self.” No summary can do justice to culture and Anarchy, however; it is written with an inward poise, a serene detachment, and an infusion of subtle humour that make it a masterpiece of ridicule as well as a searching analysis of Victorian society.
The same is true of its unduly neglected sequel, Friendship’s Garland(1871).
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Culture & Anarchy
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Culture and Anarchy, major work
of criticism by Matthew Arnold, published in 1869. In it Arnold contrasts culture, which he defines as “the study of perfection,” with anarchy, the prevalent mood of England’s then new democracy, which lacks standards and a sense of direction.
Arnold classified English society into the Barbarians (with their lofty spirit, serenity, and distinguished manners and their inaccessibility to ideas), the Philistines (the stronghold of religious nonconformity, with plenty of energy and moralitybut insufficient “sweetness and light”), and the Populace (still raw and blind). He saw in the Philistines the key to culture; they were the most influential segment of society; their strength was the nation’s strength, their crudeness its crudeness; it therefore was necessary to educate and humanize the Philistines.
Arnold saw in the idea of “the State,” and not in any one class of society, the true organ and repository of the nation's collective “best self.” No summary can do justice to culture and Anarchy, however; it is written with an inward poise, a serene detachment, and an infusion of subtle humour that make it a masterpiece of ridicule as well as a searching analysis of Victorian society.
The same is true of its unduly neglected sequel, Friendship’s Garland(1871).
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Hello friends,
Today onwards I will try to post one point on Literature every Day under the Title
*From My Readings*
*Today about Homer*
He was believed to be Blind
His works are *Iliad and Odyssey*
Both are epics
*Iliad is one of the oldest existing works written in Western Literature.*
*The canvas is set against the Trojan War. Portraits the war between Agamemnon and Achilles*
Where as *Odyssey is a sequel of the Iliad. Describes the journey of Ulysses back home to Ithaca.*
Other works attributed to Homer are:
*Homeric Hymns (30 verses praising Gods)*
*The Little Iliad (lost Epic, describing the war of Troy)*
*The Thebaid (Epic poem)*
*The Epigoni (seems to be the continuation of The aid)*
*The comic mini-epic Batrachomyomachia ("The Frog-Mouse War") is a parody to Iliad*
*The Margites (Aristotle attributes it to Homer. It's comic mock epic).* Iliad and Odyssey are for tragedies so is Margites for Comedy.
Like Epic Mahabharat and Ramayana, Iliad and Odyssey are attributed to one writer.
Nevertheless it's researched that they are Compiled by one person.
Today onwards I will try to post one point on Literature every Day under the Title
*From My Readings*
*Today about Homer*
He was believed to be Blind
His works are *Iliad and Odyssey*
Both are epics
*Iliad is one of the oldest existing works written in Western Literature.*
*The canvas is set against the Trojan War. Portraits the war between Agamemnon and Achilles*
Where as *Odyssey is a sequel of the Iliad. Describes the journey of Ulysses back home to Ithaca.*
Other works attributed to Homer are:
*Homeric Hymns (30 verses praising Gods)*
*The Little Iliad (lost Epic, describing the war of Troy)*
*The Thebaid (Epic poem)*
*The Epigoni (seems to be the continuation of The aid)*
*The comic mini-epic Batrachomyomachia ("The Frog-Mouse War") is a parody to Iliad*
*The Margites (Aristotle attributes it to Homer. It's comic mock epic).* Iliad and Odyssey are for tragedies so is Margites for Comedy.
Like Epic Mahabharat and Ramayana, Iliad and Odyssey are attributed to one writer.
Nevertheless it's researched that they are Compiled by one person.