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Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold. Erin, Audrey, Joey, Don. 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.

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Matthew Arnold

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  1. Matthew Arnold Erin, Audrey, Joey, Don

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Some Important Pieces • The Strayed Revellerand 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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  6. Influences • His Dad, School, Lord Lansdowne • “Arnold was a leading educationreformer 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

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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&dq=matthew+arnold's+impact&source=bl&ots=IeVD9h7vVy&sig=cq19rBKbsjBRMV8zD8YTqjcW92E&hl=en&ei=v3NQTav_FcL58AakhN3tDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=matthew%20arnold's%20impact&f=false

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