James Thomson (B.V.), 1834-1882 (original) (raw)
Biographical Materials
Works
- Poetry
- The City of Dreadful Night
- Satires on Religion
- Satires on Monarchy
Cultural Contexts
- Thomson on the Atonement
- Religion: British Atheism
- Religion: Shelley's The Necessity of Atheism (Infidels.org)
- Religion: Charles Bradlaugh
- Philosophy: David Hume (material needed)
- Politics: Radical anti-monarchism (material needed)
Literary Relations
- Tennyson's In Memoriam
- Swinburne's anti-religious poetry
- Swinburne's "Before a Crucifix"
- Rossetti, religion, and loss of faith
- Victorian loss-of-faith novels: Carlyle, Gaskell, Newman
Theme and Technique
- Image and symbol: Human beings shiprecked and castaway
- Satire
Last modified 25 April 2015