
This selection of Arnold's verse includes, besides his tributes to Wordsworth and the Brontes, such well-known poems as 'Dover Beach', 'The Scholar Gipsy', 'Mycerinus', and 'Empedocles on Etna'. The poems are provided with full notes and a useful introduction to Arnold's life and poetry.
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1822–1888
Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford Fellow of Oriel College
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