Matthew Arnold

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Background
 1822-1888
 Born in Laleham-on-the-Thames
 Went to Oxford college
 He worked as the Inspector of Schools
 Married fanny Lucy (Flu)
 He was a poet, who later wrote prose and
is extremely renowned as a critic of many
great works.
 Style
 “Deals with the difficulty of
preserving personal values in a
world drastically transformed by
industrialism, science, and
democracy.” –Encyclopedia.com
 Wrote in the Romantic period and
Victorian Period.
Some Important Pieces
 The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems,
anonymously in 1849 (first pieces)
 ''Thou waitest for the spark from heaven!''
 Calm Soul of All Things
 Philomela
 Requiescat
 Shakespeare
 The Song of Callicles
 The Strayed Reveller to Ulysses
 To Marguerite
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 Influences
 His Dad, School, Lord Lansdowne
 “Arnold was a leading education reformer
in the nineteenth century, instilling in
Rugby, where “anarchy tempered by
despotism” had prevailed, an ethos of
honour, moral rectitude and personal
commitment.”-The Literary Encyclopedia
Impact
 Matthew Arnold was highly respected for
his simplistic and imaginative poetry.
 His cultural and political criticism was an
influential voice of reason in an age of
change.
 His art and interpretation of others’ art has
been inspirational to intellectuals on the
point of reception and interpretation of
poetry.
Other Pieces
 God and the Bible: A Review of Objections to
“Literature and Dogma” (1875)
 Civilization in the United States: First and
Last Impressions of America(1888)
 Essays in Criticism (1865)
 Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political
and Social Criticism (1869),
 Arnold became very famous for his prose
writing of critical essays, both of poetry and of
culture as a whole.
Sources
 ihttp://www.enotes.com/nineteenth-century-criticism/arnold-matthewn
society advance classical ideals and advocate the adoption of universal
aesthetic standards.
 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Matthew_Arnold.aspx
 http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5103
 http://www.enotes.com/nineteenth-century-criticism/arnold-matthew
 http://books.google.com/books?id=InepFTHC118C&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117
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