Poetry and Criticism of Matthew Arnold

by Matthew Arnold

Anthology and also chapters of literary criticism.

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction, Anthologies, Essays, British Literature, Classics

Paperback

Published January 1, 1961

About the author

Poems, such as "Dover Beach" (1867), of British critic Matthew Arnold express moral and religious doubts alongside his Culture and Anarchy , a polemic of 1869 against Victorian materialism.

Matthew Arnold, an English sage writer, worked as an inspector of schools. Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of rugby school, fathered him and and Tom Arnold, his brother and literary professor, alongside William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator.

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Reviews

[Alok Mishra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arnold was a scholar and a prolific prose writer. As a poet, however, his acumen was limited to creating chains of thoughts in the minds of his readers and at that, he was a master without a doubt!