By the eighteenth-century, print had become an important medium for linking disparate parts of empires, distributing revolutionary ideas, and fostering...
45 months ago

Hearing that sewage has been dumped into the River Loddon many times in recent months, I was reminded of the poem written by Thomas Warton...
36 months ago

On their first drive out of halftime, Thomas Warton II snagged a 10-yard catch on fourth down to set up 1st-and-goal for the Patriots.
59 months ago

Professor Cathy Shrank delves into the work of Elizabethan poet Richard Barnfield, who she believes deserves a wider audience.
16 months ago

Five outstanding individuals have been awarded Honorary Degrees at the July graduation ceremonies including two Lancaster alumni.
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Thomas Warton, the Younger was a poet laureate from 1785 and author of the first history of English poetry. He was the brother of the poet...
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Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 – 21 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the...
156 months ago

Thomas Warton was one of the so-called “Graveyard Poets” of the English 18th century. His often mournful style, as evidenced in his poem
90 months ago

The history of English poetry, from the close of the Eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century: to which are prefixed, three dissertations.
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