Isbn: 9780813935805 - matthew arnold and the betrayal of language (victorian literature and culture) (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnMatthew Arnold was one of the nineteenth century s greatest spokesmen for the saving power of culture, especially of poetry, to substitute for a vanishing religion. Yet he was persistently troubled by the difficulty of finding ade.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Matthew Arnold was one of the nineteenth century's greatest spokesmen for the saving power of culture, especially of poetry, to substitute for a vanishing religion. Yet he was persistently troubled by the difficulty of finding adequate authority in language. This volume explores Arnold's attempts to find an authoritative language, and argues that his occasional claims for such a language reveal more uneasiness than confidence in the value of 'letters".…