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==Reception==
==Reception==
The poem, despite its insistently bleak tone, won the praise of [[George Meredith]] and of [[George Saintsbury]], who in ''A History of Nineteenth-Century Literature'' wrote that "what saves Thomson is the perfection with which he expresses the negative and hopeless side of the sense of mystery."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Saintsbury|first=George|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31698|title=A History of Nineteenth-Century Literature (1780–1895)|publisher=The Macmillan Company|year=1906|location=London|pages=298|language=en}}</ref>
The poem, despite its insistently bleak tone, won the praise of [[George Meredith]], [[Rudyard Kipling]] and of [[George Saintsbury]], who in ''A History of Nineteenth-Century Literature'' wrote that "what saves Thomson is the perfection with which he expresses the negative and hopeless side of the sense of mystery."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Saintsbury|first=George|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31698|title=A History of Nineteenth-Century Literature (1780–1895)|publisher=The Macmillan Company|year=1906|location=London|pages=298|language=en}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 20:25, 6 August 2024

For the short story by Rudyard Kipling, see Rudyard Kipling bibliography.

Illustration of 19th-century London slums by Gustave Doré

The City of Dreadful Night is a long poem by the Scottish poet James "B.V." Thomson, written between 1870 and 1873, and published in the National Reformer in 1874,[1] then, in 1880, in a book entitled The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems.[2] The poem is noted for the pessimistic philosophy that it expresses.[3] It has been argued that the city described in the poem is based on London.[4]

Reception

The poem, despite its insistently bleak tone, won the praise of George Meredith, Rudyard Kipling and of George Saintsbury, who in A History of Nineteenth-Century Literature wrote that "what saves Thomson is the perfection with which he expresses the negative and hopeless side of the sense of mystery."[5]

References

  1. ^ Sullivan, Dick. ""Poison Mixed With Gall": James Thomson's The City of Dreadful Night – A Personal View". Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  2. ^ Thomson, James (1880). The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. London: Reeves and Turner.
  3. ^ Salt, Henry S. (August 1896). "Among the Authors: The Poet of Pessimism". The Vegetarian Review: 360–362.
  4. ^ Cheng, Chu-chueh. "The Importance of Being London: Looking for Signs of the Metropolis in James Thomson's City of Dreadful Night". Literary London Society. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. ^ Saintsbury, George (1906). A History of Nineteenth-Century Literature (1780–1895). London: The Macmillan Company. p. 298.


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