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London Review of Books Christmas Books

An Abiding Sense of the Demonic

Stefan Collini

  • The Letters of Matthew Arnold. Vol. I: 1829-59 edited by Cecil Lang
  • The Letters of Matthew Arnold. Vol. II: 1860-65 edited by Cecil Lang
  • The Letters of Matthew Arnold. Vol. III: 1866-70 edited by Cecil Lang

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Stefan Collini’s latest book is Common Reading: Critics, Historians, Publics.

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