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James Thomson

James Thomson (1700-1748) was perhaps the eighteenth-century author most responsible for the tradition we now think of as “nature poetry” in British literature. His long poems, particularly The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence had an incalculable influence on the … Continue reading

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John Keats

John Keats had as much sensitivity toward the natural world as any author of the period. From his earliest lyrical fragments and letters to the great odes of 1819, his writing consistently incorporates an astonishing number of natural images, as … Continue reading

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