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Thomson, James
Born Sept. 11, 1700, in Ednam, Roxburghshire; died Aug. 27,1748, in Richmond. English poet. Thomson’s poem The Seasons (parts 1–4,1726–30) was one of the first works to express sentimentalist moods. It had a great influence on European, including Russian, literature. Thomson also wrote classical tragedies, the allegorical poem The Castle of Indolence (1748), and the lyric “Rule, Britannia.” WORKSComplete Poetical Works. Oxford, 1908.In Russian translation: Chetyre vremeni goda. Moscow, 1812. REFERENCESIstoriia angliiskoi literatury, vol. 1, fase. 2. Moscow-Leningrad, 1945.Cohen, R. The Art of Discrimination. Berkeley–Los Angeles, 1964. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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