This essay put me strongly in mind of Matthew Arnold's theory of an "epoch of concentration" and an "epoch of expansion" in "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time."
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Does Arnold's essay give off the same air of having defined its facts to prove its point?
Posted by: nbm | October 31, 2012 at 09:48 PM