Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)‚ the Victorian poet and critic‚ was ’the first modern critic’ [1]‚ and could be called ’the critic’s critic’‚ being a champion not only of great poetry‚ but of literary criticism itself. The purpose of literary criticism‚ in his view‚ was ’to know the best that is known and thought in the world‚ and by in its turn making this known‚ to create a current of true and fresh ideas’‚ and he has influenced a whole school of critics including new critics such as T. S. Eliot‚ F
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Matthew arrnold one of foremost critic of 19th century is often regarded as father of modern english criticism . Arnold’s work as literary critic started with "Preface to poems " in 1853 .It is a kind of manifesto of his critical creed . It reflects classicism as well his views on grand poetic style . Arnold was classicist who loved art ‚ literature and Hellenic culture . His most famous piece of literary criticism is in his essay " The
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Matthew Arnold: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Scholar-Gipsy" (1853) Summary The speaker of "The Scholar-Gipsy" describes a beautiful rural setting in the pastures‚ with the town of Oxford lying in the distance. He watches the shepherd and reapers working amongst the field‚ and then tells the shepherd that he will remain out there until sundown‚ enjoying the scenery and studying the towers of Oxford. All the while‚ he will keep his book beside him. His book tells the famous story by Joseph Glanvill
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doth come‚ Let all doubts be dumb; Let all words be mild; All strife be reconciled; All pains beguiled. Light brings no blindness; Love no unkindness; Knowledge no ruin; Fear no undoing‚ From the cradle to the grave‚-- Save‚ O‚ save! Matthew
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A short essay on the poem Philomela by Matthew Arnold (Emiliano Colella) Introduction This poem is a mythological history of love and treason‚ a history that show the poet’s dramatic loneliness and alienation from the real world. The poetic voice speaks to an external self‚ comparing his passion and his pain with the eternal passions and pains of the world‚ always the same‚ represented by the myth of Philomela. It is then a clear declaration of what is poetry for the author‚ and by the use
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William Wordsworth‚ a very notable Romantic poet during this time period. In stark contrast‚ the Victorian Period was a time during which poets wrote about the environment that surrounded them‚ and tended to have a pessimistic view of life. Matthew Arnold‚ a Victorian poet‚ encompassed many of these qualities in his writing. The two poets‚ distinguished in two completely different time periods with different characteristics‚ had some literary commonalities‚ such as similar references to nature
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Discuss how Arnold uses the Sea as a metaphor to show his growing concern for the faithlessness of man. In Dover Beach‚ Matthew Arnold describes an evening he spent with his lover. The picturesque sights and sounds around him remind him of the pathetic state of man. Arnold was agnostic at the time he wrote the poem and his despair and disillusionment towards religion is highlighted through the poem. He shows the reader how the coming of Scientific reasoning brought about through Imperialism‚ Darwinism
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The liberal humanist Matthew Arnold often maintains that he respects scientists and the sciences. What he rejects was the promise that science alone will ameliorate the human condition; the suggestion that the sciences deserve a place of greater prominence than the arts. According to him‚ science is incomplete without poetry (art and literature). In his essay “The Study of Poetry” (1880) he contends that: “ More and more mankind will discover that we have to turn to poetry to interpret
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Word choice‚ denotation and connotation Word choice refers to the poet’s poetic diction. In Dover Beach’‚ Matthew Arnold uses formal diction. He chose his words carefully. When he says that the world does not give us love’‚ he means that the world lacks imagination and can know very little about time past‚ which is crystallized in ancient literature like a leaf in amber‚ knowledge of which is an essential precondition for love. He does not mean that love does not exist‚ but that it comes only
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Comparison of Karl Marx and Matthew Arnold Through their writing‚ Karl Marx and Matthew Arnold show their opposing views on the importance of internal and external functions of culture. In the first chapter of Culture and Anarchy‚ "Sweetness and Light"‚ Arnold describes culture as being responsible for the progress of politics and society and as "the best knowledge and thought of the time" (19). Matthew Arnold’s culture is based on two main aspects‚ religion and education. Karl Marx‚
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