Matthew was the eldest child ... Mr. Swinburne, in the very striking essay upon Mr. Arnold’s poetry already quoted, says truly that “ criticism of the rapid and limited kind possible to ...

Matthew Arnold has been characterized as a sage writer ... and Latin and English poetry. His prize poem, "Alaric at Rome," was printed at Rugby. In 1841, he won an open scholarship to Balliol ...

And what about Matthew Arnold’s marriage? Mr. Trilling does not tell us a word about his wife—though he speculates about the unknown “Marguerite” of Arnold’s early poems. Mrs. Arnold ...

Matthew Arnold is responsible for two of the most celebrated remarks ever made about Oxford. One is the phrase “city of dreaming spires”—actually “that sweet City with her dreaming spires,” in his ...

Matthew Arnold’s overview of the receding tide of ... but without the optimism often attached to that period. A powerful poem, which argues, in the end, for the importance of individual love ...

Poetry cannot, of course ... It is like the voice of Matthew Arnold himself: defunctus adhuc loquitur.

Matthew Arnold’s overview of the receding tide of ... but without the optimism so often attached to it. A powerful poem, which argues for human love.

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