Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill

by Edward Alexander

Book Overview

This study defines the relationship between humanism and liberalism by comparing the two Victorian figures who were most concerned with the preservation of humanistic values in a free and democratic society: Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill. The book sets apart Arnold and Mill from their contemporaries and points out their similarities to one another in discussions of their theories of history, poetry, their celebration of the contemplative life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041564996X
• ISBN13: 9780415649964
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"