Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold, Poem, Poet Matthew Arnold was a prominent English poet and literary critic of the Victorian era. He was born on December 24, 1822, in Laleham, Middlesex, England, and passed away on April 15, 1888, in Liverpool. Arnold is known for his classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and manners of the “Barbarians” (the aristocracy), the “Philistines” (the commercial middle class), and the “Populace” .