Arnold, Matthew.

Maurice de Guerin [Romanticism, Philosophical Essay]

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. First Edition, Thus.

Publisher’s printed jacket over card-stock wraps; printed on Japan vellum; Title page in black and red.; one of 425 copies; printed at the at the George D Loring Press; 4.5 by 5. 25 inches; v, 9-75 [3] pages. The bindings are very tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The jacket has minor hand-soiling.




Matthew Arnold’s essay on Maurice de Guérin, the French Romantic poet and prose writer, is often regarded as a reflection of Arnold’s wider literary and philosophical interests. Through this essay, Arnold explores Guérin's life and work, touching on themes of spirituality, nature, and poetic expression.

For Arnold, Guérin’s life and writings become a lens to examine poetic and spiritual existence, the artist’s role, and nature’s profound impact on the human soul. This allows Arnold to engage with Romantic themes while also contemplating his own critical and poetic ideals.

The Journal of Maurice de Guérin, including Arnold’s essay, was first published in Fraser’s Magazine in January 1863. [Adapted from Reviews]

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