James Thomson, 1700-1748

James Thomson, 1700-1748 PDF

Author: James Sambrook

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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This is the first full-scale biography of the poet and playwright for forty years. On the personal side it places him in his social and cultural setting: as a welcome member of the disparate circles that surrounded Alexander Pope, Richard Savage, Aaron Hill, James Quin, George Bubb Dodington, George Lyttelton, Lady Hertford, and Frederick, Prince of Wales. More significantly, for the first time Thomson's involvement in politics is thoroughly explored. The analysis of his Scottish Whiggism and his role as the poet of Britannia and Liberty places the poetry in a clear ideological light, which at once deepens our understanding of Thomson the man, and illuminates the political groupings of the period. Drawing on his deep understanding of Thomson's poetry, which he edited for the Oxford English Texts series, James Sambrook also supplies a full critical analysis of the whole body of Thomson's writings that is unrivalled in its depth. This new Life maintains an even balance between biography, history, and literary criticism, and forms both an impressive study of the man and a companion to the highly praised Oxford English Texts edition of the poems.

Poetical Works

Poetical Works PDF

Author: James Thomson

Publisher:

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781409948193

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James Thomson (1700-1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright. He possibly attended the parish school of Southdean before going to the grammar school in Jedburgh in 1712. He entered the College of Edinburgh in autumn 1715, destined for the Presbyterian ministry. At Edinburgh he studied metaphysics, Logic, Ethics, Greek, Latin and Natural Philosophy. He completed his arts course in 1719 but chose not to graduate, instead entering Divinity Hall to become a minister. In 1726 Winter, the first poem of The Seasons was first published. By 1727 Thomson was working on Summer and in 1728 published Spring and finally Autumn in 1730 when the set of four was published together as The Seasons. During this period he also wrote other poems, such as A Poem to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and his first play, The Tragedy of Sophonisba (1729). His other works include: Liberty (1735-1736), Agamemnon (1738), Edward and Eleanora (1739), Tancred and Sigismunda (1745), The Castle of Indolence (1748), and Coriolanus (1749).

Poetical Works (Esprios Classics)

Poetical Works (Esprios Classics) PDF

Author: James Thomson

Publisher: Blurb

Published: 2021-05-15

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9781006963810

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James Thomson (c. 11 September 1700 - 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!". He wrote Spring in 1728 and finally Autumn in 1730, when the set of four was published together as The Seasons. During this period he also wrote other poems, such as to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and his first play, Sophonisba (1730). The latter is best known today for its mention in Samuel Johnson's Lives of the English Poets, where Johnson records that one 'feeble' line of the poem - "O, Sophonisba, Sophonisba, O!" was parodied by the wags of the theatre as, "O, Jemmy Thomson, Jemmy Thomson, O!".

COMP POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES T

COMP POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES T PDF

Author: James 1700-1748 Thomson

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9781361043097

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