A friend of mine pointed out that semi-recent posts on decorum are a bit of a muddle and that I … More
Tag: Matthew Arnold
239. (Matthew Arnold)
Matthew Arnold suggests how a thoroughgoing Platonism might help us think through art, criticism, and more: “the application of ideas … More
238. (Matthew Arnold)
One of Matthew Arnold’s most famous, or infamous, phrases as a critic comes in “The Study of Poetry” where he … More
176. (Robert Burns)
It’s difficult to know what to do with Robert Burns, besides read and enjoy him, and take fortification from him; … More
139. (Matthew Arnold)
Showing, earlier this week, some poems I’d written to a critic I admire and trust, I received back some critical … More
77. (R.H. Hutton)
One of the chief differences between eighteenth- and nineteenth-century voices of critical prose is that the former wrote for the … More
76. (Robert Burns)
“Now Burns loses prodigiously by translation.” Thus Hopkins in a letter to Robert Bridges. Though prejudiced against the Scots, Hopkins … More
52. (Matthew Arnold)
Born this day, December 24, in 1822, Matthew Arnold would have today celebrated his one hundredth and ninety second birthday, … More
22. (John Dryden)
I was mostly in my right mind when I blustered, a few years ago, that John Dryden was among the … More