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 Biography of James Thomson
427 words, approx. 1 pages
 The British poet James Thomson (1700-1748) is chiefly remembered for his celebrated descriptive poem in four parts, "The Seasons," written in blank verse. James Thomson was born at Ednam, Scotland, near the English border, on Sept. 11, 1700, the third... summary from source:
 Biography of James Thomson
12,728 words, approx. 42 pages
 Because the long, reflective landscape poem The Seasons (1730) commanded so much attention and affection for at least a hundred years after James Thomson wrote it, his achievement has been identified with it. Thomson, however, was also a political... summary from source:
Biography of James Thomson
7,552 words, approx. 25 pages
Little noted during his lifetime, Thomson's work continues to draw scant attention from students and critics. As a writer of verse. Thomson is tucked away under the category of minor poets of his age. His prose, including his literary criticism, is... 
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 James Thomson Information
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James Thomson (11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright. He was born at Ednam in Roxburghshire, and educated at the University of Edinburgh. It was while a student there that he first published some of his poems,...
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The Boston Globe Diana Butler Thomson, Poet Taught At Harvard; 65
12/02/2000: 460 words, approx. 2 pages Diana Butler Thomson, a poet, critic, and longtime Harvard University teacher of fiction writing, died Nov. 29 at Cambridge Hospital. She was 65. The cause of death was heart failure following a brief illness, according to her husband, James C. Thomson Jr., a...
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 Critical Essay by John Chalker
14,994 words, approx. 50 pages
In the following essay, Chalker examines the influence of Virgil's Georgics upon The Seasons "in order to show more clearly how Thomson's 'unspectacular competence' works, in other words to consider more fully the form of the poem. "
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Critical Essay by Patricia Meyer Spacks
9,570 words, approx. 32 pages
In the excerpt that follows, Spacks concentrates on a trait that separates Thomson from Romanticism: a tendency to make nature a vehicle for and secondary to moral messages regarding human behavior. In general, she stresses a prevailing inconsistency in Thomson's images of nature.
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Critical Essay by Ralph Cohen
9,515 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, Cohen uses illustrations for different editions of The Seasons as the basis for an argument about changing standards for interpretion. In the process, he suggests that Thomson's poem was broad enough to encompass the range of meanings captured by the illustrators.
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