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...

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...

Literary scholars Thomas Warton and Samuel Johnson may have referred extensively to each other's works when they wrote separate treatises on the English language and the history of English literature. Warton's 'Observations on the Faerie Queene of Spenser' contains a historical note on early...

UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Tomorrow night's Showtime card will be the Mohegan Sun's first foray into the world of fisticuffs in two years, since Lennox Lewis outpointed Zeljko Mavrovic in a forgettable WBC heavyweight title fight. When Vlad Warton, who promotes WBC junior welterweight...

In the following essay, Pittock traces influences on “Gothic” poems by Warton and others and critiques his History of English Poetry.

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.

In the following essay, Fairer describes Warton's importance as a literary figure.