# Matthew Arnold — On the Art of Writing character guide

> Matthew Arnold in On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Arnold

**First appearance:** 0003-lecture-i-inaugural

## Who they are

Critic and poet referenced on the function of criticism.

## In the story

### [Lecture VII: Some Principles Reaffirmed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/lecture-vii-some-principles-reaffirmed)

Referenced for his imagined challenge to Shakespeare over weak passages.

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