Matthew Arnold Quote

Nothing has raised more questioning among my critics than these words—noble, the grand style…I think it will be found that the grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.


On Translating Homer. Last Words (1862)


Nothing has raised more questioning among my critics than these words—noble, the grand style…I think it will be found that the grand style arises ...

Nothing has raised more questioning among my critics than these words—noble, the grand style…I think it will be found that the grand style arises ...

Nothing has raised more questioning among my critics than these words—noble, the grand style…I think it will be found that the grand style arises ...

Nothing has raised more questioning among my critics than these words—noble, the grand style…I think it will be found that the grand style arises ...