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Large format paper back for easy reading. A gothic epic. Decadence and horror in late 19th Century urban life from the 'poet of doom'.
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In this haunting long poem from the latter part of the nineteenth century, Scots-born writer James Thomson anticipated the modern age's nightmare vision of the city as a place of loneliness, alienation and spiritual despair.
About the Author:
James Thomson (1834-82), who wrote under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish Victorian-era poet. Following the death of his father, Thomson was brought up in an orphanage in London, before spending a decade in the military. On his return to London, Thomson became a clerk and began submitting his creative work to numerous publications. The City of Dreadful Night is Thomson's most famous piece, a pessimistic long poem concerned with the universe's indifference towards humanity, and it sprang from the author's struggle with insomnia, alcoholism and chronic depression during his last years.
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- PublisherDodo Pr
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1905432194
- ISBN 13 9781905432196
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages43
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