Tristram and Iseult and other poems
Author: first_name: Matthew
last_name: Arnold
Language: English
Year: 1886

The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here.

This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Be