Synopsis
What should criticism do in modern life?
It should seek and share the best ideas from around the world to guide readers today. Criticism, in this collection, argues for a disinterested effort to learn what is true and thought in the world. It emphasizes keeping a wide view—drawing on foreign thought and broad knowledge—so readers can judge current literature with clarity and fairness. The aim is not to police taste, but to illuminate genuine achievement and to help criticism grow with the times while staying rooted in lasting standards.
- Learn why criticism should pursue fresh knowledge and how it shapes our understanding of literature.
- Discover how cross‑cultural ideas can enrich reading and judgment.
- See how discerning taste combines truth, form, and the art of expression.
- Explore the balance between judgment and exploration in shaping a vibrant literary culture.
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Many objections have been made to a proposition which, in some remarks of mine on translating Homer, I ventured to put forth; a proposition about criticism, and its importance at the present day. I said: "Of the literature of France and Germany, as of the intellect of Europe in general, the main effort, for now many years, has been a critical effort; the endeavour, in all branches of knowledge, theology, philosophy, history, art, science, to see the object as in itself it really is."
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Arnold believes that the ultimate function of humankind lies in exercising its creative powers. He delineates the function of criticism in this work saying that it filters the contents that will reach society. That a critic can judge the greatness of a literary piece has been asserted.
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