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Chapter 2 The ‘culture and civilization’ tradition
Johnson, Lesley, The Cultural Critics, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Contains
useful chapters on Arnold and on F.R. Leavis.
Mulhern, Francis, The Moment of Scrutiny, London: New Left Books, 1979. Perhaps the
classic account of Leavisism.
Ross, Andrew, No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture, London: Routledge, 1989.
An interesting book, with a useful chapter on the mass culture debate in America.
Trilling, Lionel, Matthew Arnold, London: Unwin University Press, 1949. Still the best
introduction to Arnold.
Waites, Bernard, Tony Bennett and Graham Martin (eds), Popular Culture: Past and
Present, London: Croom Helm, 1982. A collection of essays on different examples
of popular culture. Chapters 1, 4 and 6 address popular culture and the historical
context that gave rise to the anxieties of the ‘culture and civilization’ tradition.
Williams, Raymond, Culture and Society, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963. The seminal
book on the ‘culture and civilization’ tradition: includes chapters on Arnold and
F.R. Leavis.