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Biography

Name: Thomas Warton
Birth Date: January 9, 1728
Death Date: May 21, 1790
Nationality: British
Gender: Male

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Biography of Thomas Warton
5,181 words, approx. 17 pages
As a poet, critic, essayist, editor, literary historian, biographer, and antiquarian, Thomas Warton ranks as one of the most accomplished and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. In his poetry he reflected his lifelong belief that nature and...
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Biography of Thomas Warton
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In 1800 Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (by no means an uncritical admirer of his work) said of Thomas Warton: "Perhaps there was no one, by whose death the literature of England could have sustained a greater chasm." This comment is not an empty encomium...


Quotations
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Thomas Warton Quotes
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Thomas Warton ( 1728-01-09 – 1790-05-21 ) was the British Poet Laureate from 1785 until his death. The three published volumes of his uncompleted History of English Poetry pioneered the study of medieval English literature. Sourced O! what's a table...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Thomas Warton Information
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Thomas Warton (January 9, 1728 – May 21, 1790) was an English literary historian and critic, as well as a poet. From 1785 through 1790 he was the Poet Laureate of...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Joan Pittock
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In the following essay, Pittock traces influences on “Gothic” poems by Warton and others and critiques his History of English Poetry.
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Critical Essay by Clarissa Rinaker
10,004 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following excerpt, Rinaker regards Observations on the Faerie Queene of Spenser as an important work of English literary criticism for having revived interest in Edmund Spenser.
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Critical Essay by David Fairer
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In the following essay, Fairer describes Warton's importance as a literary figure.
 


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