# Mr. Robert Buchanan — Culture and Anarchy character guide

> Mr. Robert Buchanan in Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Robert Buchanan

**First appearance:** 0002-culture-and-anarchy

## Who they are

A poet and critic whose literary views are referenced.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Mr. Robert Buchanan, a poet and critic, is attacked by the narrator for his views on art and morality in the context of the 'Fleshly School' controversy.

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

Mr. Robert Buchanan, a poet and critic, is attacked by the narrator for his views on art and morality in the context of the 'Fleshly School' controversy.

## In the story

### [Our Liberal Practitioners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/chapters/vi-our-liberal-practitioners)

Quoted for his poetic celebration of philoprogenitiveness and the divine multiplication of life, which Arnold critiques as a spurious justification for overpopulation.

### [Chapter IV: Hebraism, Hellenism, and the Social Question](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/culture_and_anarchy_se/chapters/iv)

Quoted for his poetic defense of population growth as divine philoprogenitiveness, which Arnold criticizes as misguided.

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