4676 London Bloomsbury 1999 1st Paperback Paperback b&w photo illus 8vo 241pp Very Good+ clean copy A study/biography of the work and life of Matthew Arnold, with focus on his attitude to his own gifts as a poet, chiefly: why did he abandon the poetic life for three decades of drudgery as an inspector of elementary schools? Also investigates Arnold's relationships with his family, friends, literary heroes and contemporaries, and the mysterious Marguerite. ISBN: 0-7475-4287-2 $6.00AUD
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