Europe's tragedy, andEurope's tragedian Nov 17, 2009
The Weimar Classic of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Schiller, Johann Gottfried von Herder and Christoph Martin Wieland proposed to substitute art for religion long before the Victorian schoolmaster, Matthew Arnold ... The best reason to read it today is so as not to have to read Matthew Arnold. (Asia Times Online)
What Are Intellectuals Good For? Nov 17, 2009
In some ways reminiscent of the longshoreman-philosopher Eric Hoffer, he comes to the work of Plato, David Hume, Matthew Arnold, and Karl Marx not on the basis of a life spent in university seminars but from his own experiences as a social worker and office clerk. He can always produce an appropriate insight from John Stuart Mill or a scintillating quip from George Bernard Shaw. (The American Conservative)
The Great Macaulay Nov 13, 2009
After Macaulay s death, Matthew Arnold, never one to stand idly by when there was a mindless slogan in need of publicizing or a literary reputation impudent enough to arise without his help, called Macaulay the great apostle of the Philistines. In 1931, Sir Herbert Butterfield, who differed from Arnold in having a genuine philosophical impulse, devoted his renowned pamphlet The Whig Interpretation of History to criticizing triumphalist historical narratives in general, and by implication... (The American Conservative)
The Vatican's cynical gesture to Episcopalians Nov 6, 2009
It was an age of doubt, a time when British poet Matthew Arnold depicted the decline in religious faith as a "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar." If many Christian denominations are struggling today and the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey suggests they are it must have seemed to Newman's contemporaries that the entire edifice of faith was collapsing about their ears, exposing beyond it a turbulent void of doubt. In his days as an Episcopalian, Newman had been at the... (Christian Science Monitor)
We prefer gruff over guff Nov 5, 2009
Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy, 1869. DON Watson has released another book, Bendable Learnings, assaulting ''corporate'' language, its ill effects on clarity of thought, and its verbal ugliness, blaming it on managerial culture. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
* Classical DVD and CD Nov 1, 2009
Victorian writers such as Matthew Arnold had seen them as representing sweetness and light, a sane, rational people from whom his moralizing, hypocritical contemporaries could learn much. The new view, strongly influencing Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal, was that they were also often irrational, brutal, and routinely addicted to superstition and blood feuds. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
'The Buried Life' Asks MTV Viewers One Question: 'What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?' Jul 30, 2009
The title of their fearless journey was inspired by a poem written by Matthew Arnold in 1852 that explored the idea that day-to-day minutia can sometimes bury people and make them forget what they're passionate about in life. "Life moves fast and we wanted to slow down and enjoy it. To do that we had to ask ourselves some important questions, most importantly: What do I need to achieve or experience before I die?" said Jonnie Penn, cast-member of "The Buried Life." "When we asked strangers this... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lionel Trilling: A Modern Burke Jun 16, 2009
Trilling had written a notable biography of Matthew Arnold, and his enterprise in The Liberal Imagination clearly resembled that of Arnold in Culture and Anarchy. But Trilling rightly did not consider himself a literary critic. (The American Conservative)
Darwinian Struggle: A Poet Felled by Scandal May 27, 2009
On May 16, Padel was named Oxford University's Professor of Poetry, following in the footsteps of such literary giants as Matthew Arnold, Cecil Day-Lewis, W.H. Auden, Robert Graves and Seamus Heaney. Yet even in this illustrious company, there was something that distinguished Padel from the crowd: she was the first woman to win election to the five-year post since its creation in 1708. (Time.com)
Padel named Oxford poet professor May 17, 2009
Previous people to hold the position include Matthew Arnold, WH Auden and Seamus Heaney. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- UK)
What's happened to 'higher' education? May 14, 2009
He answered that the only ones who could doubt were those famous "Levites in charge of the ark of culture," notably Matthew Arnold. It would not be long before Arnold accepted the challenge and published his instructive reply, "Literature and Science." There Arnold politely acknowledged Huxley's authority as a man of science, not to mention a "prince of debaters." He then shared with his readers some lines he had read in Darwin's "The Descent of Man," where we learn that "our ancestor was a... (Yahoo News)
Poet withdraws from Oxford race May 14, 2009
Previous people to hold the position include Matthew Arnold, WH Auden and Seamus Heaney. He or she will replace the scholar Christopher Ricks, who is stepping down from his five-year term of office at the end of September. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
What Would Burke Do? Apr 28, 2009
A considerable amount of English conservatism, sociologist Robert Nisbet noted, beginning with Burke and extending to such minds as Coleridge, Newman, Disraeli and Matthew Arnold, was activated and shaped by the religious revolution ; that paralleled the democratic and industrial revolutions ... For Coleridge and the 19th- century poet and literary critic Matthew Arnold, the function of an established church is less religious than cultural ... For his part, Matthew Arnold in Culture and Anarchy... (The American Conservative)
Tant: For 35 years, a chronicler of the American cavalcade Apr 11, 2009
Poet Matthew Arnold called journalism "literature in a hurry." For three and a half decades, I have tried to put some of the tenets of literature into the timeliness of a newspaper. My rule of writing commentary is that if everybody agrees with what I say, then I'm doing something wrong. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A street the credit crunch forgot Mar 18, 2009
The buyer can look out at the Georgian terraced homes and the police-guarded property of Lady Thatcher, or the former home of 19th century poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold. "The most desirable streets are suffering from falls in property values. However, this year's number one road has experienced some credit crunch-defying sales," said Mouseprice spokeswoman Zipporah Morrison-Baker. (BBC News -- Business)
'The Book as Art' tells a feminist story Mar 10, 2009
Sandra Jackman's "On a Darkling Plain" (2000), with a war poem by Matthew Arnold, features bleak, astonishing pop-ups such as a toy helicopter circling over what appears to be a battlefield; wall text says that a radio attached to the front would emit static if it were turned on. The package is impressive, but it's hard to gauge the nuances of Jackman's message, again because we see only one page. (Boston Globe)
