Arnold’s idea on ‘disinterestedness’ and ‘detachment’ is relevant idea in present time. A critic should be impartial when he/she passes his/her views on any piece of work. It should not matter for a critic that who is writes.
Arnold's Touchstone method sound irrelevant in present time; because comparing works of two different centuries are not at all justifying. Because with the passing of the time people's and writer's view may change according to their time and it would also reflect in literature of their time. Every world have their own values; say for example we have writer like Kalidas in our literature and Shakespeare in English literature. Both are great writers and their world have their own values.
Second is about morality. It seems that Arnold is in favor of ‘Art for life sake’. It is not necessary all time to give moral lessons out of every work. Art should not have boundaries and we can't handcuffed it with the word ‘Morality’.
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