Poetry
Автор:
Matthew ArnoldЖанр:
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2025-09-02Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
95
Description
Matthew Arnold was a cultural critic and inspector of schools in Victorian Britain. In his day he was famous for his critique of British society in Culture and Anarchy, but he was also well-known for his eclectic poetry.
Some of his poems commemorate lost loved ones, like “Thyrsis” (for his friend, the poet Arthur Hugh Clough) and “Kaiser Dead” (for a deceased dog). Others speak to ubiquitous human struggles, such as old age (in “Growing Old”) and the struggles against the natural world (“To an Independent Preacher”). Reflecting his concerns to “make the best that has been...
