Matthew Arnold as a Victorian critic.
Matthew Arnold as a Victorian critic.
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Matthew Arnold was a Victorian critic. He was a poet and a critic who wrote about the social problems of his time. His prominent poem was “Dover Beach” which reflected his views of the problems in Victorian society.
Matthew Arnold was a Victorian critic best known for his literary criticism. Endymion, The Study of Poetry and On Translating Homer are his major works.
He was a classicist and a romantic in the sense that he believed that English poetry should be like that of the Greeks, and that the English Classicism was the most perfect form of poetry. He believed that poetry should be a source of culture and should elevate the public taste. He believed that poetry should also maintain its connection to the general public. He believed poetry should be a source of culture and should elevate the public taste.