Jones, Tod E. “Matthew Arnold's 'Philistinism'
and Charles Kingsley,” Victorian Newsletter No. 94 (Fall 1998):
1-10.
After examining the various characteristics of Matthew Arnold’s “Philistine”,
Jones discusses Kingsley’s views on each of these characteristics and their
representation in English society. He then considers whether Kingsley
himself may justifiably be termed a “Philistine”. He concludes that
“Kingsley cannot be fairly regarded as a Philistine or even as an anti-intellectual.
This is not to say that he never displayed a characteristic that is typically
Philistine or that he never took an anti-intellectual position, but rather
it is to affirm that in Kingsley not one of the attributes of Philistinism
was prevalent” (9).
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