A Gift Imprisoned: The Poetic Life of Matthew Arnold

ISBN-13: 9780747542872 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 252 str.

Ian Hamilton

Opis

As a youth, Matthew Arnold was an impassioned lyric poet, deeply at odds with his times. In his later years, he turned himself to more purposeful prose composition and became a social prophet and literary critic. This biography addresses some of the mysteries surrounding Arnold's life.