Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold was a cultural critic and a British poet. He is known for his poem "Dover Beach" and many others. He believed that culture is literature. He said that culture is essential, it  is not decorative. He believed that i would replace the world that was religion. I found a virtual video of Arnold reading one of his poems.

Culture and Anarchy

In Culture and Anarchy, Matthew Arnold is presenting a less critical perspective than he is a spiritual perspective. He says that literature capture the best that has been though and said. Matthew Arnold believes that all literature is not great. It is like the top of a wheat stalk. Only a few of the kernels are good. Arnold says that it is the critics job to sort though and find the good ones.





I found this website to to be very interesting. There are two people arguing about the meaning in life. One blames Arnold for people believing that life has no meaning.