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Victorian Literature and Culture Ser.: Matthew Arnold and the Betrayal of Language by David G. Riede (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Virginia Press
ISBN-100813935806
ISBN-139780813935805
eBay Product ID (ePID)246673947
Product Key Features
Number of Pages254 Pages
Publication NameMatthew Arnold and the Betrayal of Language
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
SubjectEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid G. Riede
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
SeriesVictorian Literature and Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition19
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal821/.8
SynopsisMatthew 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"., 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 throughout his career by the difficulty of finding adequate authority in language. Matthew Arnold and the Betrayal of Language 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."" It examines Arnold's poetry within this context and demonstrates that his various experiments-- to speak in oracular voice, to use classic forms, to achieve a grand style-- and their failures, reflect the inevitable difficulties facing any poet in an age of intellectual and cultural upheaval. Riede argues that Arnold's determined efforts to write with authority, combined with his deep-seated suspicion of his medium, result in an exciting if often agonized tension in his poetic language-- a language that strains against its inevitable but generally unacknowledged limitations., 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 throughout his career by the difficulty of finding adequate authority in language. Matthew Arnold and the Betrayal of Language 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."" It examines Arnold's poetry within this context and demonstrates that his various experiments - to speak in oracular voice, to use classic forms, to achieve a grand style - and their failures, reflect the inevitable difficulties facing any poet in an age of intellectual and cultural upheaval. Riede argues that Arnold's determined efforts to write with authority, combined with his deep-seated suspicion of his medium, result in an exciting if often agonized tension in his poetic language - a language that strains against its inevitable but generally unacknowledged limitations.
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