Project Gutenberg 2005-09-25 Public domain in the USA. 152 Russell, George William Erskine 1853 1919 Russell, G. W. E. (George William Erskine) Russell, George W. E. Matthew Arnold Reading ease score: 53.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Matthew Arnold" by George William Erskine Russell is a literary biography written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life and work of Matthew Arnold, a prominent figure in Victorian literature, focusing on his influence as a critic, poet, and educator. It aims to offer insights into Arnold's character, writings, and the significant impact he had on the intellectual landscape of his time. The opening of the book presents a preface in which the author justifies his undertaking of Arnold's biography, acknowledging that Arnold himself desired to avoid a conventional biography. Instead, the text takes a critical approach, emphasizing Arnold's correspondence and the nuances of his character that have been overlooked in previous analyses. The author introduces Arnold's literary contributions and the complexity of his views on life, education, and literature, while also hinting at Arnold’s personal struggles and relationships, establishing a foundation for understanding the author's critique of sociopolitical and literary issues in the context of Victorian England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 438676 438762 2024-10-07T12:09:24.986087 2023-09-07T12:17:30.058623 text/html text/html 440470 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 695092 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 806734 2024-10-07T12:09:35.048070 application/epub+zip 811744 2024-10-07T12:09:28.703104 application/epub+zip 235198 2024-10-07T12:09:27.138080 application/epub+zip 976847 2024-10-07T12:09:39.527313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 952974 2024-10-07T12:09:33.849072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368563 2022-09-08T07:18:11.266885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382788 382685 2024-10-07T12:09:23.933184 2023-09-07T12:17:29.196604 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 382645 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 149663 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 382642 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149588 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21741 2024-10-07T12:09:39.665014 application/rdf+xml 11618 2024-10-07T12:09:27.701103 image/jpeg 3012 2024-10-07T12:09:27.416090 image/jpeg 772733 2024-10-07T12:09:25.059092 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia