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MatthewArnold`sCultrueandAnarchy,firstpublishedin1869,isoneofthemostcelebratedworksofsocialcriticismeverwritten.Ithasbecomeaninescapablereference-pointforallsubsequentdiscussionoftherelationsbetweenpoliticsandculture,andithasexercisedaprofoundinfluencebothonconceptionsandteachingofthismuch-revisedwork,andplacesitalongsideArnold`sthreemostimportantessysonpoliticalsubjects-Democracy,Equality,andTheFunctionofCriticismatthePresentTime.Theeditor`ssubstantialintroductionsituatestheseworksinthecontextbothofArnold`slifeandotherwritings,andofnineteenth-centuryintellectualandpoliticalhistory.InordertomakeArnold`sworkaccessibletostudents,thiseditionalsocontainsachronologyofAronld`slife,abibliographicalguideandfullnotesonthenames,booksandhistoricaleventsmentionedinthetexts.