Author: Hamilton, Ian
Title: A Gift Imprisoned - The Poetic Life Of Matthew Arnold
Description: Basic Books, 1999, 1st US edition. Paperback, F. xiv+241pp, 8pp b/w plates, index, a nice fine copy. New. Paperback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 0465044220 ¶ A biography of the English poet and social reformer Matthew Arnold [ 1822 - 1888 ]. His poetry is considered as a bridge between the Romantic & Modernist. In later life he became a respected literary critic, for which he is better remembered nowadays than for his poetry, as well as an advocate for educational reforms. He is said to have coined the epithet 'Dreaming Spires' when refering to Oxford.

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