• Selections from the Prose Work of Matthew Arnold[28]. Literary criticism[edit]. Arnold's work as a literary critic began with the 1853 "Preface to the Poems".
  • Matthew Arnold's work deals with the difficulty of preserving personal values in a world drastically transformed by industrialism, science, and democracy.
  • Among the major Victorian writers, Matthew Arnold is unique in that his reputation rests equally upon his poetry and his poetry criticism.
  • Matthew Arnold was an English Victorian poet and literary and social critic, noted especially for his classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and...
  • In 1852, Matthew Arnold published his second collection of poems, ‘Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems’. It was also a nonstarter with only fifty copies being sold.
  • Although remembered now for his elegantly argued critical essays, Matthew Arnold, born in Laleham, Middlesex, on December 24, 1822, began his career as a...
  • Life Facts
    • Matthew Arnold was born in December of 1822 in Laleham, Middlesex, England.
    • Matthew Arnold died in Liverpool in April 1888.
  • Matthew Arnold was a Victorian poet and cultural critic who remains relevant today for his insightful observations on society and the human condition.
  • In Literature and Dogma, Matthew Arnold contends that words in religious texts can have ambiguous, “literary” interpretations or factual, “scientific” ones.
  • NPG Ax27807; Matthew Arnold by Elliott & Fry, published by Bickers & Son. In his lifetime, Arnold was a laughing stock for some of the newspapers of Britain.