Who called Shelley 'a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his luminous wings in vain' ?
Correct answer: C. Matthew Arnold
- A. Walter Pater
- B. A. C. Swinburne
- C. Matthew Arnold
- D. T. S. Eliot
Explanation
Matthew Arnold used this striking image in his essay “Shelley” to criticise Shelley’s idealism as beautiful but ineffective in practical life. The wording is therefore associated with Arnold, not Shelley’s admirer Swinburne or the later Eliot.
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