Matthew Arnold: 48 books

50 classic poems reflowing in a modern medium. Originally published in black ink on white paper, 16 traditional poets have now been rendered digitally for e-readers. Poetry is the oldest and most flexible art form, and has migrated from performances to papyrus rolls to printed pages. Far from...

'One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth there is anything so unintelligent, so unapt to perceive how the world is really going, as an ordinary young Englishman of our upper class' Poet, education reformer, social theorist and passionate critic of Victorian England, Matthew Arnold...

Discourses In America by Matthew Arnold.

Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888) , was a British poet, and critic of American culture. Civilization in the United States: First and Last Impressions of America includes 4 of Arnolds essays: General Grant, A Word About America, A Word More About America, and Civilization in the United States. A table of contents is included for easier navigation.

Assembled in the wake of the death of “Arminius von Thunder-ten-Tronckh”—struck by a stray bullet during the Franco-Prussian War—here is a collection of the fictional Prussian’s letters, conversations, and opinions. A descendant of the von Thunder-ten-Tronckh family of Voltaire’s Candide,...

Matthew Arnold was a British school inspector for over three decades, giving him the opportunity to travel around England and the Continent surveying schools. A French Eton is a study of the French educational system, including its highly democratic nature, and an argument that the English system needed to be reformed.

On the Study of Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold The following remarks on the study of Celtic Literature formed the substance of four lectures given by me in the chair of poetry at Oxford. They were first published in the Cornhill Magazine, and are now reprinted from thence. Again and again,...

"The following remarks on the study of Celtic Literature formed the substance of four lectures given by me in the chair of poetry at Oxford. They were first published in the Cornhill Magazine, and are now reprinted from thence."-Matthew Arnold

Arnold toured America, the land where his daughter had married and settled, twice before publishing this 1888 controversial work. It sets forth Arnold's often harsh criticisms of American civilization—or, rather, the lack thereof, for he makes no secret of finding the cultural climate of the United States backward or even primitive.

This 1877 volume contains one of Arnold's most scathing attacks on the established church, "The Church of England." He berates the clergy for championing the interests of the wealthy and powerful and neglecting the poor and downtrodden.  The essay was originally delivered as an address to the London clergy.

In this influential 1873 essay, Arnold professes his skepticism about Christianity as a revealed religion yet argues for the utility of its ethical precepts. Therefore he proposes a liberal reading of scripture and secular faith that incorporates the civilizing aspects of religion. 

This 1882 collection contains “The Incompjatibles,” about the Irish Land Bill, and "An Unregarded Irish Grievance," as well as the prefaces to a number of Arnold's poems. Also included are other essays on social and literary topics, such as "Copyright" and ""The Future of Liberalism."

Each essay in this 1880 edition of Mixed Essays is on a different subject yet all exhibit “unity of tendency,” in Arnold’s words. It contains the works "Democracy," "Equality," "Irish Catholicism and British Liberalism," "'Porro unum est Necessarium,'" "A Guide to English Literature," "Falkland," "A French Critic on Milton," "A French Critic on Goethe," and "George Sand."

In this 1861 collection of the lectures he delivered at Oxford the previous year, Arnold finds fault with contemporary translations of Homer by Pope, Chapman, Newman, and others, setting forth his own criteria for successful translation, among which is the adoption of hexameter verse, as well as respect for Homer's cardinal virtues and his “grand style.”