LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Thomson, James, 1700-1748 NRA: Thomson James (1700-1748) Poet DNB: Thomson, James (1700-1748), poet LBT ID: JaThoms1748 VIAF ID: 14778969 LOC ID: n79065635 | B/BAP: 1700-09-11 DIED: 1748-08-27 |
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Anglo-Scottish poet and playwright; while his descriptive poem, The
Seasons (1726-30), was perhaps the most popular poem of the eighteenth century,
the poets tended to admire more his Spenserian burlesque, The Castle of
Indolence (1748). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY James Thomson:
The Castle of Indolence: an Allegorical Poem. Written in imitation of
Spenser. Found 8.
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The Seasons. Found 21.
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Winter. A Poem. Found 3.
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