An exploration of "The City of Dreadful Night"

The object of this exploration of The City of Dreadful Night is to discover what makes it a major work by a very minor poet. The first chapter examines the life story of James Thomson (B.V.), to show how his upbringing, the social pressures of the nineteenth century, and the chance friendships of hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, D. B.
Published: University of Leicester 1973
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737228