Matthew Arnold bibliography

by George J. Dance

Matthew Arnold (December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888) was a prolific writer of both poetry and prose. This bibliography of Matthew Arnold lists the works that he published in his lifetime, plus noteworthy posthumous collections.

Publications

Poetry

• Alaric at Rome: A prize poem. Rugby, UK: 1840.
• Cromwell: A prize poem. Oxford: J. Vincent, 1843.
• The Strayed Reveller and other poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1849..
• Empedocles on Etna and other poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852.
• Poems: A new edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1853.
  • "The Scholar-Gipsy"
  • "Sohrab and Rustum: An episode"
• Poems: Second Series. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1855 [1854].
  • "Balder Dead"
• Poems: A new and complete edition. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1856.
• New Poems. London: Macmillan, 1867; Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867.
  • "Dover Beach".
• Poems by Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan, 1869; London & New York: Macmillan, 1888. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III
• Poems: New and complete edition. New York: Thomas Crowell, 1880.
• Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold. London & New York: Macmillan, 1886.

Posthumous

• Alaric at Rome and other poems (introduction by Richard Garnett). London & New York: Ward, Locke, & Bowden, 1896.
• Empedocles on Etna: A dramatic poem. London: Ballantine, 1896.
• Dramatic and Early Poems. London: J.M. Dent (Everyman's Library), 1902.
• Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold. London & New York: Macmillan, 1907.
• Select Poems of Matthew Arnold(edited by Edward Everett Hale). Boston: D.C. Heath, 1908.
• The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840-1867 (introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch). London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1909.
• Sohrab and Rustum and other poems (edited by Justus Collins Castleman). New York & London: Macmillan, 1921.
• The Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (edited by C.B. Tinker & H.F. Lowry). Oxford University Press, 1950. standard edition, ISBN 1125158401
• The Poems of Matthew Arnold. (edited by Kenneth Allott). London: Longmans / New York: Norton, 1965. ISBN 0-393-04377-0

Plays

• Merope: A tragedy. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858.

Prose

• England and the Italian Question. (1859, 1953)
• The Popular Education of France, with notices of that of Holland and Switzerland. London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1861.
• On Translating Homer: Three lectures given at Oxford. London: Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1861.
• On Translating Homer: Last words: A lecture given at Oxford. London: Macmillan, 1862.
• Heinrich Heine. Philadelpha: Frederick Leypoldt / New York: F.W. Christern, 1863.
• A French Eton; or, Middle class education and the state. London: Macmillan, 1864.
• Essays in Criticism. London and Cambridge, UK: Macmillan and Co., 1865.
  • "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time"
• Schools and Universities on the Continent. London: Mamillan, 1868.
• On the Study of Celtic Literature. London: Smith, Elder, 1867.
• Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism. (1869)
• On the Modern Element in Literature. (1869)
• A Bible-Reading for Schools: The Great Prophecy of Israel's Restoration. London: Macmillan, 1872.
• Literature and Dogma: An essay towards a better apprehension of the Bible. London: Smith, Elder, 1873.
• Higher Schools and Universities in Germany. London: Macmillan, 1874.
• Isaiah XL-LXVI; with the Shorter Prophecies Allied to It. London: Macmillan, 1875.
• God and the Bible: A sequel to "Literature and Dogma". London: Smith, Elder, 1875.
• St. Paul and Protestantism, with an essay on Puritanism and the Church of England. London: Smith, Elder, 1875.
• Last Essays on Church and Religion. London: Smith, Elder, 1877.
• The Hundred Greatest Men: Portraits of the One Hundred Greatest Men of History.(1879)
• Mixed Essays. London: Macmillan, 1879.
• The Study of Poetry. (1880)
• Passages from the Prose Writings of Matthew Arnold. New York & London: Macmillan, 1880.
• Irish Essays, and Others. London: Smith, Elder, 1882.
• St. Paul and Protestantism; with an Introduction on Puritanism and the Church of England. (1883)
• On the Study of Celtic Literature. (1883)
• Culture and Anarchy. (1883)
• "Isaiah of Jerusalem" in the Authorized English Version, with an Introduction, Corrections and Notes (1883)
• Discourses in America. London: Macmillan, 1885.
• Education Department. (1886)
• "Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve," in Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition, IX: 162-165 (1886)
• "Schools," in The Reign of Queen Victoria. (1887)
• General Grant: An Estimate. Boston: Cupples, Upham, 1887.
  • with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain, (1966)
• Civilization in the United States: First and last impressions of America. Boston: Cupples & Hurd, 1888.

Posthumous

• Essays on Criticism: Second series (1888). Leipzig: Tauchnig, 1892.
• Reports on Elementary Schools 1852-1882. London: Macmillan, 1889.
• Arnold as Dramatic Critic. (1903)
• Essays in Criticism: Third series. (introduction by Edward J. O'Brien). Boston: Ball, 1910.
• Thoughts on Education: Chosen from the writings of Matthew Arnold. London: Smith, Elder, 1912.
• Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold (edited by William Savage Johnson). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913.
• Essays by Matthew Arnold. London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1914.
• Five Uncollected Essays of Matthew Arnold. (1953)
• Complete Prose Works. (1960)
• Essays, Letters, and Reviews by Matthew Arnold. (1960)
• Culture and the State. (1965)
• The Complete Prose Works of Matthew Arnold. (11 volumes) Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press, 1960-1977)

Collected editions

• A Matthew Arnold Birthday Book. (1883)
• Selections from the Prose Writings of Matthew Arnold (edited by Lewis E. Gates). New York: Holt, 1898.
• The Works of Matthew Arnold (edited by George W.E. Russell). (15 volumes), London: Macmillan / Smith, Elder. Volume 1, 1903; Volume 2, 1903; Volume 3, 1903; Volume 4, 1903; Volume 5, 1903; Volume 6, 1903; Volume 7, 1903; Volume 8, 1904; Volume 9, 1904; Volume 10, 1904; Volume 11, 1904; Volume 12, 1904; Volume 13, 1904; Volume 14, 1904;

Volume 15.

• The Oxford Authors: Matthew Arnold, (edited by Miriam Allott and Robert H. Super). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1986.
• Culture and Anarchy and other writings (edited by Stefan Collini). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought), 1993.

Translated

• Isaiah of Jerusalem in the authorized English version. London: Macmillan, 1883.

Edited

• The Six Chief Lives from Johnson's "Lives of the Poets," with Macaulay's "Life of Johnson" London: Macmillan, 1878.
• The Poetry of Byron. London: Macmillan, 1881.
• The Poems of Wordsworth. London: Macmillan, 1882.
• Edmund Burke, Letters, Speeches and Tracts on Irish Affairs. London: Macmillan, 1881.
• Friendship's Garland: Being the conversations, letters, and opinions of the late Arminius, baron von Thunder-Ten-Tronckh (1883). London: Smith, Elder, 1903.

Letters and notebooks

• On Home Rule for Ireland: Two Letters to "The Times". (1891)
• Letters of Matthew Arnold, 1849-1888] (edited by George W.E. Russell). (2 volumes), London and New York: Macmillan, 1895. Volume I, Volume II.
• Matthew Arnold's Notebooks. London: Smith Elder, 1902.
• Letters of an Old Playgoer (introduction by Branden Matthews). New York: Printed for the Dramatic Museum of Columbia University, 1919.
• Unpublished Letters of Matthew Arnold. (1923)
• The Letters of Matthew Arnold to Arthur Hugh Clough (edited by Howard F. Lowry). New York: Oxford University Press, 1932..
• The Note-Books of Matthew Arnold. (1952)
• Matthew Arnold's Letters: A descriptive checklist. (1968)
• The Letters of Matthew Arnold (edited by Cecil Y. Lang). (6 volumes), Charlottesville, VA, & London: University of Virginia Press, 1996-2001.

References

• Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Academy of American Poets.

External links

• Works by Matthew Arnold at Project Gutenberg (plain text and HTML)
• Works by Matthew Arnold at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)

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