Essays in Criticism

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Essays in Criticism asks how the doctrine of Jesus Christ could have met with such misrepresentation, describing Christianity as a new spirit in the Roman world. The discussion says that a Roman of Marcus Aurelius's time and position could scarcely see Christians without the prejudices that gave them faults not their own.

The criticism of the English Divorce Court allows that the institution perhaps has practical conveniences, while condemning the public disgrace imposed on husbands and wives seeking divorce. The reflection on the love of light calls such love already, in some measure, its possession and says that the whole life should be brightened by it.

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Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, one of the leading literary figures of the Victorian era. His poem 'Dover Beach' is among the most admired in the language.