{"product_id":"matthew-arnold-a-critical-portrait-paperback-1","title":"Matthew Arnold: A Critical Portrait - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStefan Collini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Arnold (1822-88), the leading man-of-letters of the Victorian age, has been the decisive influence on modern thinking about literature and criticism and his work has become an inescapable cultural reference point today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this stylish and entertaining book Stefan Collini examines the whole range of Arnold's literary, social, and religious criticism as well as his poetry, placing them in the context of the major intellectual controversies of the nineteenth century. By attending to the distinctive power of Arnold's writing to charm, tease, persuade, and irritate, the book provides a brilliant characterization of the tone and temper of his mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition includes a substantial Afterword which reflects on Arnold's continuing polemical significance and his role in contemporary cultural debate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStefan Collini\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare Hall. A frequent contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and other periodicals both in Britain and the USA, his other books include \u003cem\u003ePublic Moralists\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), \u003cem\u003eEnglish Pasts\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), and \u003cem\u003eAbsent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), all also published by Oxford University Press. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Historical Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.03 x 5.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47291650474233,"sku":"9780199541881","price":100.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NkyT94jNza9780199541881_87614429-692e-427a-addc-b9b139a50ed0.webp?v=1769162986","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/matthew-arnold-a-critical-portrait-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}