The Thing-Cultures of Matthew Arnold Culture and Anarchy and William Morris News from Nowhere

Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English (UK)

Caroline Warner

关键词: Thing Theory;    Matthew Arnold;    William Morris;    Victorian Literature;   

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: University of Durham

【 摘 要 】

This paper considers Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy alongsideWilliam Morris's News from Nowhere through the lens of Bill Brown's ThingTheory. From the 'things' of Arnold's primarily object-less ideas to the'things' of Morris's primarily idea-less objects, the author argues thateach writer rejects nineteenth-century commodity culture in order toimagine establishing new orders of the material and immaterial.

【 授权许可】

CC BY