James Thomson Essays for the Tercentenary

Author/creator Terry, Richard Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLiverpool : Liverpool University Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description285 p. ill 10.000 x 06.000 in.
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SeriesLiverpool University Press - Liverpool English Texts and Studies
Summary Annotation James Thomson: Essays for the Tercentenaryis the first collection of essays devoted exclusively to the works of the eighteenth-century Scottish poet James Thomson. The volume is divided into two sections, the first addressing Thomson’s writings themselves, and the second the reception of his works after his death and their influence on later writers. The first section contains essays analyzing the politics and aesthetics of Thomson’s major poems and also a reevaluation of Thomson as a heroic dramatist. The second section capitalizes on the certainty felt by many in Thomson’s own century that the poet, especially through his most successful poemThe Seasons, had won for himself an indelible fame. This volume provides a definitive reappraisal of his achievement for our own times.
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LCCN 00695096
ISBN9780853239543
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