Arnold must have for us the something of the character of what we nowadays have taken to calling a "culture hero": that is, a man who gives himself in full submission and sacrifice to his historical moment in order to comprehend and control the elements which that moment brings.


Introduction - The Portable Matthew Arnold (Viking Press, 1949)

Lionel Trilling Quotes

Arnold must have for us the something of the character of what we nowadays have taken to calling a culture hero: that is, a man who gives himself in...

Arnold must have for us the something of the character of what we nowadays have taken to calling a culture hero: that is, a man who gives himself in...

Arnold must have for us the something of the character of what we nowadays have taken to calling a culture hero: that is, a man who gives himself in...

Arnold must have for us the something of the character of what we nowadays have taken to calling a culture hero: that is, a man who gives himself in...