The Cultural Production Of Matthew Arnold

The Career Of Matthew Arnold As An Eminent Poet And The Preeminent Critic Of His Generation Constitutes A Remarkable Historical Spectacle Orchestrated By A Host Of Powerful Victorian Cultural Institutions. The Cultural Production Of Matthew Arnold Investigates These Constructions By Situating Arnolds Poetry In A Number Of Contexts That Partially Shaped It. Such Analysis Revises Our Understanding Of The Formation Of The Elite (and Elitist) Male Literary-intellectual Subject During The 1840s And 1850s, As Arnold Attempts Self-definition And Strives Simultaneously To Move Toward A Position Of Ideological Influence Upon Intellectual Institutions That Were Contested Sites Of Economic, Social, And Political Power In His Era.