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The City of Dreadful Night

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James Thomson (1834 -1882) published under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis. He was a Scottish Victorian poet famous primarily for the long poem The City of Dreadful Night (1874) which was an expression of bleak pessimism in a dehumanized, uncaring urban environment. The City of Dreadful Night came about from his struggle with alcoholism and chronic depression and the Increasing isolation from frien... More
Book Information
PublisherBook Jungle
BindingPaperback (42 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages58
ISBN-101438533462
ISBN-13978-1438533469
Publication Date12/31/2009
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About James Thomson (Author) : James Thomson is a published author. Published credits of James Thomson include Biographical and Critical Studies (Essay index reprint series).
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