Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) one of the major poets of the Victorian period, was born in Laleham, in the valley of the Thames, in 1822. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famous headmaster of Rugby School. He was educated at Winchester, Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was distinguished by winning prizes in poetry and by general excellence in the classics. Arnold started his career as a teacher of classics at Rugby. Then in 1847, he became privatesecretary to Lord Lansdowne. In 1851, he was appointed the Inspector of schools and he served in this position for 35 years. For ten years (1857-1867) he was professor of poetry at oxford, where his famous lectures On Translating Homer were given.
Matthew Arnold published his first Volume of poems, The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems in 1849. Some years later he published Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems (1852), Poems (1853), Poem’s Second Series (1855) and Merope (1858). His most important poems are Dover Beach, Scholar-Gipsy, Thyrsis, and The Forsaken Merman and these works are well noted for their variety of poetic expression. Another most significant work is Essays in Criticism (two volumes) which made Arnold one of the best known literary men in England. Culture and Anarchy which is a prose work, was published in 1869. These works were followed by four books on religious subjects- St. Paul and Protestantism (1870), Literature and Dogma (1873), God and the Bible (1875), and Last Essays on Church and Religion (1877). At the height of his fame and influence he died suddenly, in 1888, and was buried in the churchyard at Laleham.
Matthew Arnold published his first Volume of poems, The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems in 1849. Some years later he published Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems (1852), Poems (1853), Poem’s Second Series (1855) and Merope (1858). His most important poems are Dover Beach, Scholar-Gipsy, Thyrsis, and The Forsaken Merman and these works are well noted for their variety of poetic expression. Another most significant work is Essays in Criticism (two volumes) which made Arnold one of the best known literary men in England. Culture and Anarchy which is a prose work, was published in 1869. These works were followed by four books on religious subjects- St. Paul and Protestantism (1870), Literature and Dogma (1873), God and the Bible (1875), and Last Essays on Church and Religion (1877). At the height of his fame and influence he died suddenly, in 1888, and was buried in the churchyard at Laleham.
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