Matthew Arnold: A Literary Life

by Clinton Machann

Book Overview

Matthew Arnold, the foremost Victorian 'man of letters', forged a unique literary career, first as an important post-Romantic poet and then as a prose writer who profoundly influenced the formation of modern literary and cultural studies. Machann challenges the popular image of Arnold as an elitist intellectual and shows how his poetry and prose grew out of his personal life and his passionate engagement with the world, emphasizing the journal publications...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312210310
• ISBN13: 9780312210311
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"