Dover Beach E-book
Author: Matthew Arnold
Genre: Literature, Poetry
Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888) - British Victorian poet, critic, and Oxford
Professor. A deep sense of isolation and doubt permeates Arnold's work.
He writes with sadness of the growing impersonality of the industrial age,
and of the loss of meaning, faith, and man's connection with nature.
Dover Beach (1867) - As the "Sea of Faith" retreats in the night wind, the
poet expresses his belief in personal love and faith as the remaining hope
of modern man. Opening line: The sea is calm to-night, ...
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