The Great Poets: Matthew Arnold

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.

Delivered with verve and passion, Jonathan Keeble’s reading is suffused with an energy found in Arnold’s most moving poetry.

Other poems include:
Desire
Longing
A Summer Night
Consolation
Philomela
A Dream
East London
West London
Thyrsis
Immortality
Growing Old
A Wish
Bacchanalia; Or, The New Age
A Modern Sappho
The Hayswater Boat
The River
Human Life
The Buried Life
Austerity of Poetry
A Farewell
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