Matthew Arnold

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The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.

Matthew Arnold

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Poetry

Author

Matthew Arnold

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "On Translating Homer: Last Words." 1862, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "On Translating Homer: Last Words 1862." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.

For the creation of a master-work of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

Matthew Arnold

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Literature

Author

Matthew Arnold

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." Essays in Criticism: First Series. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1865.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.