Arnold, Matthew 1822-1888

Overview

Works:	2,419 works in 8,061 publications in 12 languages and 163,604 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Poetry Records and correspondence Controversial literature Exhibition catalogs History Drama Biography Pictorial works Illustrations
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Lyricist, Dedicatee, Correspondent, Librettist, Recipient, Author of introduction, Compiler
Classifications:	PR4021, 824.8

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Publications about Matthew Arnold

Publications by Matthew Arnold

Publications by Matthew Arnold, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold by Lionel Trilling ( Book )
The educational thought and influence of Matthew Arnold by W. F Connell ( )
Matthew Arnold by Kenneth Allott ( Book )
The alien vision of Victorian poetry; sources of the poetic imagination in Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold by E. D. H Johnson ( Book )
Matthew Arnold, a life by Park Honan ( Book )

The Victorian sage : studies in argument by John Holloway ( Book )
Matthew Arnold: a collection of critical essays by David J DeLaura ( Book )
Camelot in the nineteenth century Arthurian characters in the poems of Tennyson, Arnold, Morris, and Swinburne by Laura C Lambdin ( )
The complete prose works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
Imaginative reason; the poetry of Matthew Arnold by A. Dwight Culler ( Book )
Study of poetry by Matthew Arnold ( )
The second-order mind by T. S Eliot ( )
Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill by Edward Alexander ( Book )
Matthew Arnold by Fraser Neiman ( Book )
Matthew Arnold, a study in conflict by E. K Brown ( Book )
Matthew Arnold and the classical tradition by Warren D Anderson ( Book )
Matthew Arnold and the romantics by Leon Albert Gottfried ( Book )
Victorian fetishism intellectuals and primitives by Peter Melville Logan ( )
Matthew Arnold; the poet as humanist by G. Robert Stange ( Book )
Matthew Arnold; a study of the aesthetic temperament in Victorian England by William A Madden ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Matthew Arnold

Culture and anarchy by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
334 editions published between 1869 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 5,764 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
First published in 1869, this celebrated work of social criticism is the reference-point for all discussion of the relations between politics and culture

Essays in criticism; second series by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
289 editions published between 1862 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 3,765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Individual copies are of different printings

Poetical works by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
127 editions published between 1890 and 2010 in English and held by 3,242 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arnold belongs to the great galaxy of Victorian poets whose quest was beauty

Poems by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
208 editions published between 1853 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 2,383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Poems of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold ( )
57 editions published between 1800 and 2000 in English and held by 2,335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Literature & dogma an essay towards a better apprehension of the Bible by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
205 editions published between 1873 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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

On the study of Celtic literature and other essays by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
75 editions published between 1867 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,550 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1867 collection of lectures influenced the Irish literary revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Arnold characterizes the Celtic genius as fanciful and poetic, and argues that its contributions to the English national character have been overlooked or underestimated

God and the Bible by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
117 editions published between 1875 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the present moment two things about the Christian religion must surely be clear to anybody with eyes in his head. One is, that men cannot do without it; the other, that they cannot do with it as it is." In this towering 1875 work, Arnold grapples with the problem of finding religious meaning in a scientific age

Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
42 editions published between 1887 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Matthew Arnold was born at Laleham-on-Thames on 24 December 1822 as the eldest son of Dr Thomas Arnold and his wife Mary. He was educated at Winchester College, his father's old school; Rugby, where his father was headmaster; and Oxford. In 1851 he was appointed Inspector of Schools, pursuing this taxing career to support his wife and family until his retirement in 1886. He published his first volume of verse, The Strayed Reveller, and other Poems, in 1849 followed by Empedocles on Etna, and other Poems (1852) and five further collections which appeared, with a diminishing number of new poems in each, between 1853 and 1867, after which his creative gift appeared to dwindle still further and he published little poetry. His career as a writer of prose began to take over after his election to the Professorship of Poetry at Oxford in 1857

The portable Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
8 editions published between 1949 and 1980 in English and held by 1,331 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Discourses in America by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
57 editions published between 1885 and 2011 in English and held by 1,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The first discourse was originally given in New York, and afterwards published in the Nineteenth century; the second was given as the Rede lecture at Cambridge, and recast for delivery in America; the third was delivered in Boston

St. Paul & Protestantism, with an essay on Puritanism & the Church of England, and Last essays on church & religion by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
76 editions published between 1800 and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 969 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Poetry and prose by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
55 editions published between 1939 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The letters of Matthew Arnold to Arthur Hugh Clough by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
25 editions published between 1932 and 1978 in English and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Essays, letters, and reviews by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
7 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 859 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Essays literary & critical by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
47 editions published between 1866 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Poems of William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth ( Book )
101 editions published between 1879 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gathers Wordsworth's poems about nature, love, childhood, and parenthood

On translating Homer by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
62 editions published between 1861 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 768 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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."

Passages from the prose writings of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
14 editions published between 1880 and 1963 in English and held by 751 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sohrab and Rustum, and other poems by Matthew Arnold ( Book )
121 editions published between 1853 and 2007 in 6 languages and held by 733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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