James Thomson: Essays for the TercentenaryRichard Terry Liverpool University Press, 2000 - 279 Seiten James Thomson: Essays for the Tercentenary is 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 poem The 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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... invocation to Light ( ll . 77–81 ) introduces the much longer invocation to the Sun ( ll . 81–159 ) , in which his ' Blessings ' are celebrated at considerable length ; the invocation is followed in turn by two paragraphs of passionate ...
... invocation to Light ( ll . 77–81 ) introduces the much longer invocation to the Sun ( ll . 81–159 ) , in which his ' Blessings ' are celebrated at considerable length ; the invocation is followed in turn by two paragraphs of passionate ...
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... invocation to the deity , are modelled on the ' enthusiastic ' invocations of Theocles ' ' Meditations ' : Hail , Mighty Being ! Universal Soul Of Heaven and Earth ! Essential Presence , hail ! To Thee I bend the Knee , to Thee my ...
... invocation to the deity , are modelled on the ' enthusiastic ' invocations of Theocles ' ' Meditations ' : Hail , Mighty Being ! Universal Soul Of Heaven and Earth ! Essential Presence , hail ! To Thee I bend the Knee , to Thee my ...
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... invocation , ' Oh NATURE ! all - sufficient ! over all ! / Enrich me with the knowledge of thy works ! ' ( 11 . 1248-49 ) , Thomson is again recalling Theocles ' invocation to ' Nature ' , while the reference to ' the rising system ...
... invocation , ' Oh NATURE ! all - sufficient ! over all ! / Enrich me with the knowledge of thy works ! ' ( 11 . 1248-49 ) , Thomson is again recalling Theocles ' invocation to ' Nature ' , while the reference to ' the rising system ...
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Thomsons fame RICHARD TERRY | 1 |
Thomson the Tragedian | 15 |
Thomson and Shaftesbury ROBERT INGLESFIELD | 67 |
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James Thomson: Essays for the Tercentenary Richard Terry,Reader in Eighteenth-Century English Literature Richard Terry Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2000 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Aaron Hill aesthetic Allan Ramsay ancient Autumn bards beauty Bloomfield Britain British Worthies Buchan Burns Cambridge Castle of Indolence celebrated Celtic century claim contemporary corruption Cowper critical cultural Druids early Edinburgh edition eighteenth eighteenth-century English Poetry essay fame Farmer's Boy feeling Fergusson Georgic Gerrard Hearts of Oak human idea imagination influence inspired invocation James Sambrook James Thomson John King landscape language Laokoon later Liberty lines literary Literature Lyttelton Masinissa moral native nature opposition to Walpole Oxford passage passionate Patriot Opposition philosophical play poet poet's poetic political Pope popular praise progress poem radical Ramsay reference Robert Robert Fergusson Roman Rule Britannia Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish literature Seasons sentimental Shaftesbury's social song Sophonisba Spring Stowe Summer symbol Syphax Temple thee Theocles Thomas Thomsonian tion tradition University verse verse paragraphs virtue vols London Walpole's Whig William Wilson Winter Wordsworth writing
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