Introduction
0.1 Amoldian studies in Britain and America
0.1.1 Controversies over Arnold‘s poetic and critical identity
0.1.2 Controversies over Arnold’s gift for consistency
0.2 Amoldian studies in the Chinese context
0.3 Argument for Arnold‘s consistency in pursuit of an ideal of harmonious perfection
Chapter 1 Harmonious Perfection in Literary Criticism
1.1 An Amoldian definition of literature and literary criticism
1.2 Choice of subject matter for writing poetry and criticism
1.2.1 Considerations behind the choice of poetic models
1.2.2 Considerations behind the choice of critical objects
1.3 Notion of intellectual deliverance through literature
1.4 Criticism on the false practice in translating Homer
1.5 View of relationship between poetry and criticism
1.5.1 Poetry as a criticism of life
1.5.2 Poet’s contribution to criticism
1.5.3 Critic‘s commitment to disinterestedness
Chapter 2 Harmonious Perfection in the Theorization of Culture
2.1 The conception of culture
2.1.1 Evolution of the concept of culture
2.1.2 Culture as a key word
2.2 Culture defined as an embodiment of the ideal of harmonious perfection
2.2.l Culture’s union of scientific and ethical passions
2.2.2 Culture‘s combination of knowing and doing
2.3 Culture in criticism of the falseness of the middle-class values
2.3.1 Domination of the middle-class values in Victorian England
2.3.2 Culture’s analysis on the falseness of the middle-class faith in machinery
2.3.3 Culture‘s rational attitude towards machinery as distinguished from the blind faith of the fanaticism
2.4 Culture in evaluation of historical movements and forces
2.4.1 Appreciation of the Oxford movement
2.4.2 Criticism on Philistinism and Jacobinism
2.5 Insistence upon the best that has been thought and known for all humanity
Chapter 3 Harmonious Perfection in the Conception of State
3.1 Disputes over Arnold’s idea of the State
3.2 Desire to save the nation from the danger of anarchy
3.3 Sympathy for democracy and concern with popular benefit
3.4 Principle of authority as an institutional norm for the State
3.5 Faith in an idealized State based on the collective best self
Conclusion
Appendix 1 Matthew Arnold： A Chronology
Appendix 2 Transcriptions for Chinese Names and Titles
1.Transcriptions for Chinese Names
2.Selected Transcriptions for Chinese -titles
Bibliography
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