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Arnold, Matthew. "Hebraism and Hellenism." In Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism, pp. 109-27. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1883.

Discusses Hebraism and Hellenism as forces or influences that need to be balanced in English society in order to ensure the stability of the state. Arnold equates Hebraism with religious authority and moral conduct and stresses the overly Hebraic nature of England, maintaining that the influences of Greek philosophy and art (Hellenism) are required to rectify this imbalance. Arnold's views on the subject reflect a debate in later-nineteenth-century England that was becoming increasingly racial in tone, pitting Aryan against Semite, due in part to a reaction to the growing Jewish population in nineteenth-century England.

Chislett, William, Jr. "The Romantic Revolt." In The Classical Influence in English Literature in the Nineteenth Century,...

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1. Introduction
2. Representative Poetry
3. Overviews
4. Historical Development Of English Romantic Hellenism
5. Influence Of Greek Mythology On The Romantics
6. Influence Of Greek Literature, Art, And Culture On The Romantics
7. Further Reading
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