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Matthew Arnold's Five Long Poems: a Di Al Ecti Cal Readi N G • Matthew Arnold's five long poems: a di al ecti cal readi n g N :l.'ih ira ]\('sl1 av j('t' • ]) (' p!lrtm PH t of English !vleGill University, !\1ontrcal 0('10 he'1' 1fHl:! J\ 'l'IWS1:'' subml1f('d to the fa culty of Graduale Studies and U C8ca rel! in partial fulfillment of tJte 1'cquircmcnt9 fo1' the dcgree of i\L\STEH OF' .ABTS • • 1\lattlH'w .\l'Ilold·~ 11\(, IO!l!!. P('l'lll~ \1('1\' (lIddi"hvd \1,'I\\\'t'11 l~:)~ :111" l~li;. III the:::,e pOl'Il1!"> (/;lrll)t'd()c/('.~ 011 /o;t//tI, li,..... //II/11 Il/Id I.,({,Il. ,"'·Ollll[l! 1[/11/ NlI ..... tIl1/l, Baldcl Deal! and j\ll'/olle) _'\1'1101<1 tlil':"" tu :\ld~/,' :1 1IIlIIlI'I'l' 1'1' 1111'1111':"". li"l' Il:1- Lul'P. IIl0/,;!I \'alul':-..... !)(ll'tk",. :tild thl' pl:II'I' ,dO 'Illtlt(lril~ ill .... (),·\('I~'. III" :\ll:d~:--i .... i:-­ dia\cet.i(,:11, alld OIII' 1l()lin· .... )!,1'l':tI dl .... 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I(!'> valeurs !TIora)rs, poétique,>, rt la place de l'a\l1.nliv: 1/:111;, ];1 ;,(){'i/t(~, :--:01\ Htlaly!-)(' ('st di:ll('diqu('. pt, l'oJ1 pellt, llotpl' \lIle ~f'alld(' d(~t,t'{'s:-,f' l't. 111](' illhabileté ~i résoudre ce!'> questions. Cette t.hè~e rxamine la ('OIlf'llsIO!l d'Alliold aiw,i q\l(' sa progressIve' et calme acceptation de la vie dall.., t.olll!' SI':' (,()IILmdidioIlS. La conclusion qui en découle est qu'Arnold a un d(::-,irc' :,il'('("T(' de 1,rollvl'r, quand ceci est possible, des synthès{'R dialectiques l)(,l~)(Jflll!'II('s • • • .\ ( .. h '\ 0 \ \ 1 FI H , ! '\ 11 "\ '1':-- • là thC'c.;;,. :l1ld "ritin~ :1 tht".. ,i .... nIl <'t\l\ll'\II1'I', \\('l't' t\\t) t'\Ilt'rlt'lIt't' .... 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W;I.'o ;11/ :Ig;r' ;qJlly ,jI",I'liIJI',j IJy (,';1/ lyll' ;1:, ";,t, • once dt:5titnt(· uf faiLli and terrifier! al, :-,cI;ptir:i:-'lll" (qtrl. ilJ IlljllghfIJlI !J7, j'J(JIII - ~ - • :--"1(J!(' :111<1 IllfJ!(' ('OII\i\I\('(·d th:l{, the wOlld \r·nl\" \n he~()JnE' JII()!(' ('Olllf()It,ddl' for tlw ITlll.C,:,:>, and I!1O!'P ll11romfortnhlC' ff)J thll''! Id :111\' Il:t1IJLt! ~rd'j. (JI (lj,·tillf·til)!I--:IIl,j il 1'- :1." \\cll ))/.,!J;qJ', Lh:t1, if' ',l,oldd IJ(' -.o--j'o/' lIitlIr'rto Ihr> u;d't(·r! h;)\'(· d ,lfJlli' 111'11 .111,1 d('li~~hl"ll I,h(, \\'(jlld, IJlII Ill>! Il,lil1(·.1 or iIJ'-.pll'f>r/ 01' III ail\' J'(;at \UIV el,allll/'<! itr-:md t!lf' \\orld mi~ht. df) \VOl (, 111'111 II) cli'dlll'". 100 Iligh IJI('I"II"i(JlI'-. :llIcI ~('ttle dfl\V1I (ill \\ Il:11, Il (',III ,,(.(, :lllrl hafldJr. :llld dllpll'cjal r'. ( /) r//f')" 1:2:2-:5) (\pI\('Y "Iway:, (';Illl!' till~('d with hope tha\' wa:" !Jorn of f~,ith in tlH' bE'::,t of tivI' :-,1,:1111 pi Il).', (JI' t1l(' foot LitaI, tl1(> world was Ilot living; liT> to olle's ick::lls. Not O/lly wa:-. 1](' "ki'ptie:", bill 11<' nlso experipllC'l'c! a wearin('ss, born of frllstration, of tllf' attiLllcll';-' nI' hi~ f(']]ow citizl'ns. ne dcspaircd of the ch,ll1ging values of • th(' p('l'jod, :!Ild ill :I l)Joad ~PIlC;(' laml'nt.PcI the rad that England wa." sllffering 1'1'0111 li lad;: of pea('(' of mind. Arnold's disillllsion ie; l'vident, when he wrote to ClolI).!;h ill ]r'(·I>I'II:tI'.\ lr;[):~ LItat "congestzan of the b7011l is what we sufTer from--I alway:-. fl'el il, :llld ~:1\' it~-:lJld cry t'or air like my own Empt:docles" (Letters ]30). Thi" III1P:\;-,ill("," ill Al'Ilold !'llgPIHl(·I'(·d a sense of suflocation. Ile felt peo- pk WPIT 1)('il1!,!; ~iitkd lIIor:dl~', p<,!'sonally, and inkIIHt\1ally; tJwir ~pÎl·itnal and mPlltal li\'('~ weil' Ilot keepinlS pMe with thcir social. political and material dt·\,('IOPllH'Ilt.. 11(· helil'\'l'd that too m uch was harp~ning in England for its illhabiLallt~ (0 ah"ol'b. and that people were not yet conscious of theil' cir- (,lIlll~(:lIlce ..... Thi:-. :\PP(·.lI'l'd as a sigll of the mental barr~nness of the era and c:l\l:-.('d :\ rllold to excbilll to Clough. "Arid--that is what the tim rc; :1re. • (~l)d kt'Pp Il'' hnth l'rom al'idity" (l)cffers 131).
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