Matthew Arnold ✓
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[Wikidata] British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)... | [Wikipedia] Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother of both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer
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Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother of both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education.
The Scholar-Gypsy|Thyrsis|To Marguerite: Continued|Tristram and Iseult|On Translating Homer|Balder Dead|Culture and Anarchy|Dover Beach|Sohrab and Rustum
Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticism
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences|Newdigate Prize
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