num_pages: 192
description: The only recent critical biography of this quintessential Victorian poet and critic who proposed that poetry should replace religion as a way to "interpret life, console, and sustain us."- The uncertain legacy of Arnoldian culture : done, undone, and done again- Duped souls and best selves, 1840-1844- To be or not to be : the question of poetic vocation in the poetry of 1844-1852- Empedocles and the bondage of mind- The fairest resting place : poetry after 1852- Culture against anarchy- Religion, poetry, and the culture of righteousness- Arnoldian conclusions in a postmodern time
language: English
title: Matthew Arnold Revisited
titlecomplete: Matthew Arnold Revisited (Twayne's English Authors Series)
publisher: Twayne Publishers