Beschreibung:
Considered the bridge between romanticism and modernism, Matthew Arnold wrote verse that is simple, unadorned and straightforward. From the hypnotic and beautiful lines of Dover Beach to the pastoral narrative of The Scholar Gipsy, Arnold cast a gaze at the main intellectual issues of the nineteenth century while giving a timeless insight into man and nature.This collection covers his major poetic works, including the narrative poems, sonnets and elegiac poems, illuminating the lyricism and serenity of Arnold's best poetry.
Considered the bridge between romanticism and modernism, Matthew Arnold wrote verse that is simple, unadorned and straightforward. From the hypnotic and beautiful lines of Dover Beach to the pastoral narrative of The Scholar Gipsy, Arnold cast a gaze at the main intellectual issues of the nineteenth century while giving a timeless insight into man and nature.
This collection covers his major poetic works, including the narrative poems, sonnets and elegiac poems, illuminating the lyricism and serenity of Arnolds best poetry.
01: Dover Beach
02: Desire
03: Longing
04: A Summer Night
05: Consolation
06: Philomela
07: A Dream
08: The Scholar Gipsy
09: East London
10: West London
11: Thyrsis
12: Immortality
13: Growing Old
14: A Wish
15: Bacchanalia; Or, The New Age
16: A Modern Sappho
17: The Hayswater Boat
18: The River
19: Human Life
20: The Buried Life
21: Austerity of Poetry
22: A Farewell
23: Requiescat