Poet, school inspector, civil servant and critic:this study examines the interrelationship of Arnold’s different activities in tracing his evolution as a publicist until the publication of ‘Culture and Anarchy’ in 1869. In doing so Kate Campbell overturns the view of Arnoldian detachment by describing Arnold’s promotion of his objectives of culture and an interventionist State and his implication in the new cultural politics of the 1860s. CONTENTS Acknowledgements Biographical Outline Abbreviations and References 1. Early Life, Poetry & Prose, 1822-1853 2. The Empire of Facts: Inspection, Lectures and Criticism until 1862 3. The Theatre of Operations: Publicity, Literature and Politics, 1862-1869 4. Postscript Notes Select Bibliography Index AUTHOR Kate Campbell is Lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia.