.. ... Without poetry, our science will appear incomplete and most of what now passes with us for religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry.. .. ... A Study of Poetry is a critical essay by Matthew Arnold. In this essay Arnold criticizes the art of poetry as well as the art of criticism.... MATTHEW. ARNOLD. ENGLISH. LITERATURE AND. IRISH POLITICS. Edited by R. H. Super. ANN ARBOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS.. .. ... in the volume, The Study of Poetry, was originally published as the general introduction to T.H. Wards anthology, The English Poets .... .. ... Matthew Arnold wrote The Study of Poetry as an introduction to an anthology called The English Poets, and in it he refines his.... .. ... Matthew Arnold was a poet and literary critic whose reputation as a leading figure in the literary culture of Victorian-era England rests on.... The Study of Poetry by Matthew Arnold. Matthew Arnold reflects on the process of evaluating any work of poetry as well the mechanism employed to critique it....
