Touchstone

As a metaphor, a touchstone refers to any physical or intellectual measure by which the validity or merit of a concept can be tested. It is similar in use to an acid test, litmus test in politics, or, from a negative perspective, a shibboleth where the criterion is considered by some to be out-of-date.^{[clarification needed]}The word was introduced into literary criticism by Matthew Arnold in 'Preface to the volume of 1853 poems' (1853) to denote short but distinctive passages, selected from the writings of the greatest poets, which he used to determine the relative value of passages or poems which are compared to them. Arnold proposed this method of evaluation as a corrective for what he called the 'fallacious' estimates of poems according to their 'historic' importance in the development of literature, or else according to their 'personal' appeal to an individual critic.^[1]

Origin of the term[edit]

Touchstone (plural touchstones) A stone used to check the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them to leave a visible trace. (figuratively, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation. (Can we date this quote by South and provide title, author's full name, and other details?) The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the. Ken is one of the founders of TRG and has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Ken is actively involved in all aspects of the day-to-day operations of Touchstone and supports several key advisor and client relationships.

A touchstone is a small tablet of dark stone such as fieldstone, slate, or lydite, used for assayingprecious metalalloys. It has a finely grained surface on which soft metals leave a visible trace.^[2]

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In literature[edit]

An example in literature is the character of Touchstone in Shakespeare's As You Like It, described as 'a wise fool who acts as a kind of guide or point of reference throughout the play, putting everyone, including himself, to the comic test'.^[3]

Dante's 'In la sua volontade è nostra pace' ('In his will is our peace'; Paradiso, III.85)^[4]

A touchstone can be a short passage from recognized masters' works used in assaying the relative merit of poetry and literature. This sense was coined by Matthew Arnold in his essay 'The Study of Poetry', where he gives Hamlet's dying words to Horatio as an example of a touchstone.^[5]

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In German politics[edit]

In Germany, various interest groups sometimes send questionnaires to the campaigning political parties before federal parliament elections. These questionnaires, consisting of political survey questions the interest groups are interested in, are often called 'electoral touchstones' (German:Wahlprüfsteine). Those answers of a political party which might support or threaten the political goals of an interest group are finally published by the group in order to influence the voting behavior of potential voters being in favor of the political views of the interest group.

Notes[edit]

1. ^Abrams, M.H; Glossary of Literary Terms
2. ^Touchstone. Oxford English Dictionary.
3. ^John Palmer
4. ^Abrams, M.H. Glossary of Literary Terms
5. ^Arnold, Matthew. 'The Study of Poetry.' Essays: English and American. Ed. Charles W. Eliot. 1909–14. Published April 11, 2001 by Bartleby.com [1].