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ARNOLD THINKS THE VEHEMENT PRAISE OF MR SWINBURNE... MADE CRITICS LOOK OUT FOR SIGNS... OF A CRUSADE AGAINST RELIGION...
ARNOLD
(Matthew, 1822-1888, Poet)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Dunn
telling him that the Dean of Canterbury called my attention to Mr Bayne's article, and after reading it I said to him pretty much what I have said to you. Probably the vehement praise of Mr Swinburne, whom I do not know and which astonished me as much as any one, made critics look out for signs, in my writings, of a crusade against religion. Such a crusade I have never had any wish for, though no one feels more strongly than I do how much which to the mass of our religionists seems certain and stable in the popular religion, is in fact transitory and precarious..., 2 sides 8vo., The Athenaeum Club headed paper, 15th November
Item Date: 1867
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Background
Matthew Arnold was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. His 1867 poem Dover Beach depicted a nightmarish world from which the old religious verities have receded. It is sometimes held up as an early, if not the first, example of the modern sensibility.
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