Sweetness and Light

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Matthew Arnold. “Sweetness and Light” (1869)

Arnold is important in my work in the discussion of the value of a work of literature. Does it have a purpose? What is the purpose?

Place on List:

I. Literary Theory and Criticism

1. History of Literary Theory and Criticism until 1930

Matthew Arnold. “Sweetness and Light” in Culture and Anarchy.

Supporting References:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_and_Anarchy

2. “Matthew Arnold” The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Ed. Vincent B. Leitch. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2001. 802-806. Print.