Sohrab and Rustum
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Sohrab and Rustum: An Episode is a narrative poem with strong tragic themes by Matthew Arnold, first published in 1853. The poem retells a famous episode from Ferdowsi's Persian epic Shahnameh relatin
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Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School, and brother of both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnol
Sohrab and Rustum
…Sohrab and Rustum: An Episode is a narrative poem with strong tragic themes by Matthew Arnold, first published in 1853. The poem retells a famous episode from Ferdowsi's Persian epic Shahnameh relating how the great warrior Rustum unknowingly…
Portrait, c. 1883
Caricature by James Tissot published in Vanity Fair in 1871
Matthew Arnold's grave at All Saints' Church, Laleham, Surrey.
A London County Council blue plaque for Arnold at 2 Chester Square, Belgravia