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  • adjective Of or relating to Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), British poet and cultural critic.

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Arnold +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • How strange, though, to find a thinker whom most of us would have defined as Arnoldian quarreling with western culture's traditional coupling of dulce and utile, "sweetness" and "light."

    Feminism and Literature: An Exchange Bonaparte, Felicia 1990

  • Bloom makes elevated claims for the value of poetry, but these are not claims for the utility of poetry in the service of "culture" as moral critics would define it nor an Arnoldian attempt to construct a version of literary history that isolates works of literature as "the best" of their kind.

    Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

  • For Roald, of course, the latter was a splendidly romantic Arnoldian notion.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • I very much fear that the dissolution of Britain and a state of Arnoldian "anarchy", is on the cards.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • It's hosted by Michael J.W. Stickings, and he has a great mix of what he calls "politics, philosophy, and culture -- sustained by Socratic pretensions, Straussian undertones, and an Arnoldian dedication to human excellence."

    Branching Out 2007

  • The expression is not, however, “new agey,” but Arnoldian:

    Creatures of the interlude 2009

  • I'm skeptical about Stanley Fish's neo-Arnoldian vision of the classroom--a utopia of disinterestedness--precisely because we may unwittingly betray ourselves every time we step in front of the class to lecture.

    The Little Professor: 2009

  • I'm skeptical about Stanley Fish's neo-Arnoldian vision of the classroom--a utopia of disinterestedness--precisely because we may unwittingly betray ourselves every time we step in front of the class to lecture.

    Missing data 2009

  • Once again, an effete Arnoldian holds up the pouncet box of theory while serious forms of oppression surround us.

    Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality 2006

  • So the Arnoldian model that Sri Aurobindo advocated is still a darling of the 21_21 generation.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

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