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| Name: |
Thom Gunn | | Variant Name: |
Thomson William Gunn | | Birth Date: |
August 29, 1929 | | Place of Birth: |
Gravesend, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet, teacher |
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 Biography of Thom Gunn
1,213 words, approx. 4 pages
 For more than 40 years, award-winning poet Thom Gunn (born 1929) has concentrated on traditional form and, in contrast, on modern themes like LSD, panhandlers, and homosexuality. Born in England, he has spent most of his life in America, writing in... summary from source:
Biography of Thom Gunn
8,457 words, approx. 28 pages
 The paradox of Thom Gunn's achievement is best characterized by the ambiguities inherent in the word fashion. He is a "fashioning" poet, in the old-fashioned sense—a writer preoccupied by the problems of "shaping," "determining," and... summary from source:
 Biography of Thom(son) (William) Gunn
8,271 words, approx. 28 pages
[This entry was updated by Jack W. C. Hagstrom (Columbia University) from the entry by Blake Morrison in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 128-141.] The paradox of Thom Gunn's achievement is best characterized by the... 
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 Thom Gunn Quotes
252 words, approx. 1 pages
Thom Gunn ( 29 August 1929 in Gravesend, Kent - 25 April 2004 in San Francisco) was an Anglo-American poet. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Collected Poems by Thom Gunn (1994) 1.2 Other 2 External links // Sourced Collected Poems by Thom Gunn (1994) These seem...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Thom Gunn Information
672 words, approx. 2 pages
Thom Gunn (29 August 1929 - 25 April 2004) was an Anglo-American...
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 The Washington Post Thom Gunn Poet Thom Gunn, 7 ...
05/11/2004: 828 words, approx. 3 pages Thom Gunn, 74, a British-born poet who wrote of life as a gay man, died April 25 at his home in San Francisco after a heart attack. He was born Thomson William Gunn and rose to prominence in 1954 with his first volume... summary from source:
The Economist (US) Thom Gunn.(Obituary)
05/08/2004: 886 words, approx. 3 pages Thomson William Gunn, poet and rebel, died on April 25th, aged 74 SOMETIME in the late 1950s, in northern California, Thom Gunn came across a roaring company of bikers in their leather gear. The sight was not unusual in those days, but...
Literary Criticism
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 Interview by Clive Wilmer with Thom Gunn
11,607 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following excerpted interview, Gunn discusses his writing process, the main influences on his poetry, and the major themes and stylistic concerns of his work.
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Critical Essay by Merle E. Brown
7,357 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Brown asserts that the repetitive and interconnected structure of "Misanthropos" reflects Gunn 's poetic philosophy.
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Critical Essay by Jay Parin
5,857 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Parini maintains that Gunn is able to balance his energetic approach to language and theme with traditional forms to create "a tense climate of balanced opposition."
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