City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

In Category - Single author, Gothic Fiction

Authors: James Thomson In Year : 1903

Book Language: English

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Front matter. Proem. The City of Dreadful Night Parts 1-10
The City of Dreadful Night Parts 11-21
To our ladies of death
Insomnia
He Heard Her Sing
In the Room
A Voice from the Nile
The Poet and his Muse
Mater Tenebrarum
L'Ancien Régime
The Sleeper
On a Broken Pipe
Day
Night
William Blake
E.B.B.
The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old
Song
A Requiem

While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 1903 edition, varying as it does in selection from the edition of the same name published during his lifetime, provides a representative look at what has come to be known as his best works. The title poem is a horror-laced journey through depths that are surface level supernatural and at their heart an exploration of depression and atheist existential crisis. Subsequent works turn personal struggles (such as chronic insomnia) into pure art and praise poets that have gone before. - Summary by MoonLylith