Friday, December 12, 2008

The REAL Matthew Arnold blog

I think it is kind of interesting to see that the same guy who though poetry is a substitution for religion came up with the phrases "crisis of faith" and "criticism of life" in his introduction. This is the man who came up with touchstones. The two phrases almost seem too dreary for him to express in comparison to the rest of his ideas.
So after a little research on every one's favorite, Wikipedia, I read that he liked to annoy his friends with controversy, contradiction, and melancholy, all in a frivolous manner.
I thought it was interesting

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