3.2. Matthew Arnold

1.

Reading and Writing Skills for
Students of Literature in English: The
Victorian Period
Enric Monforte
Jacqueline Hurtley
Bill Phillips

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Matthew Arnold 1822-1888
poet and critic, was born at Laleham on the
Thames, the eldest son of Thomas Arnold,
historian and headmaster of Rugby, and of
Mary (Penrose) Arnold.

3.

1849 The Strayed Reveller and other Poems.
1852 Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems
1853 Poems
1865 Essays in Criticism
1869 Culture and Anarchy
“More and more mankind will discover that we have
to turn to poetry to interpret life for us, to console us,
to sustain us. Without poetry, our science will appear
incomplete; and most of what now passes with us for
religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry”
“The Study of Poetry” Essays in Criticism

4.

http://www.doverpages.co.uk/dover_seafront.htm
“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold

5.

The English
Channel
Europe’s closest
access to the
British Isles is Dover
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he cliffs of England stand, glimmering and vast,
ut in the tranquil bay”

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“Come to the window, sweet is the night air.”

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England, as it Appears from the Coast of France
(from a Station S W of Calais)