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- catalog abstract "Priests of Culture is an analysis of the thought of two cultural critics, Matthew Arnold and Henry James. Focusing on Arnold's cultural and religious criticism and James's travel literature, this study examines the efforts of both Arnold and James to find in an ideal of "culture" a supreme center of value around which to rally the forces of civilization in the wake of a nineteenth-century crisis of faith and unsettling social change. Arnold responds directly to that crisis in offering a doctrine of "culture" to serve as a bulwark for standards to replace an intellectually crippled Christianity. James appears to accept the absence of faith, but is even more appalled at the erosion of cultural standards in an America increasingly reduced to a "money-grabbing democracy." Sterner argues that their critiques remain compelling, but the curative, cultural visions of both founder in their attempts to make "culture" serve purposes normally, and properly, reserved to religion.".
- catalog contributor b11310116.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "1. Warp Speed: Crisis of Faith in an Era of Transition -- 2. Matthew Arnold, the Apostle of Culture -- 3. Matthew Arnold and the Gospel According to Culture -- 4. Apostles in the Wilderness: Matthew Arnold and Henry James on Culture in America -- 5. Henry James and the Communion of Culture -- 6. American Dreams: God and Mammon in the Promised Land.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-277) and index.".
- catalog description "James appears to accept the absence of faith, but is even more appalled at the erosion of cultural standards in an America increasingly reduced to a "money-grabbing democracy." Sterner argues that their critiques remain compelling, but the curative, cultural visions of both founder in their attempts to make "culture" serve purposes normally, and properly, reserved to religion.".
- catalog description "Priests of Culture is an analysis of the thought of two cultural critics, Matthew Arnold and Henry James. Focusing on Arnold's cultural and religious criticism and James's travel literature, this study examines the efforts of both Arnold and James to find in an ideal of "culture" a supreme center of value around which to rally the forces of civilization in the wake of a nineteenth-century crisis of faith and unsettling social change. Arnold responds directly to that crisis in offering a doctrine of "culture" to serve as a bulwark for standards to replace an intellectually crippled Christianity.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 282 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Priests of culture.".
- catalog identifier "0820441813 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Priests of culture.".
- catalog isPartOf "Sociocriticism (New York, N.Y.) ; vol. 9.".
- catalog isPartOf "Sociocriticism ; vol. 9".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog relation "Priests of culture.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "821/.8 21".
- catalog subject "Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Comparative literature American and English.".
- catalog subject "Comparative literature English and American.".
- catalog subject "Culture Social aspects England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Culture Social aspects England History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Culture Social aspects United States History.".
- catalog subject "James, Henry, 1843-1916 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Comparative American and English.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Comparative English and American.".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Literature) English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Modernism (Literature) History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "PR4024 .S824 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Warp Speed: Crisis of Faith in an Era of Transition -- 2. Matthew Arnold, the Apostle of Culture -- 3. Matthew Arnold and the Gospel According to Culture -- 4. Apostles in the Wilderness: Matthew Arnold and Henry James on Culture in America -- 5. Henry James and the Communion of Culture -- 6. American Dreams: God and Mammon in the Promised Land.".
- catalog title "Priests of culture : a study of Matthew Arnold & Henry James / Douglas W. Sterner.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".