1. Reading and Writing Skills for Students of Literature in English: The Victorian Period Enric Monforte Jacqueline Hurtley Bill Phillips

2. Matthew Arnold 1822-1888 poet and critic, was born at Laleham on the Thames, the eldest son of Thomas Arnold, historian and headmaster of Rugby, and of Mary (Penrose) Arnold. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1674 5/16745-h/images/01.jpg http://joefelso.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/ar nold.gif http://www.gerald- massey.org.uk/massey/images/ matthew_arnold_print.jpg

3. 1849 The Strayed Reveller and other Poems. 1852 Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems 1853 Poems 1865 Essays in Criticism 1869 Culture and Anarchy “More and more mankind will discover that we have to turn to poetry to interpret life for us, to console us, to sustain us. Without poetry, our science will appear incomplete; and most of what now passes with us for religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry” “The Study of Poetry” Essays in Criticism

4. “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold http://www.doverpages.co.uk/dover_seafront.htm

5. The English Channel Europe’s closest access to the British Isles is Dover http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/env isat/English_Channel_ASA_WSM_Orbit 09044_20031122-hi.jpg

6. “The cliffs of England stand, glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay” http://www.destination-uk.com/images/doverwhitecliffs2.jpg

7. “Come to the window, sweet is the night air.” http://www.antiquemapsandprints.com/p-0181.jpg

8. England, as it Appears from the Coast of France (from a Station S W of Calais) http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/search/Object.asp?object_key=29603