By the eighteenth-century, print had become an important medium for linking disparate parts of empires, distributing revolutionary ideas, and fostering...
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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.
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Professor Cathy Shrank delves into the work of Elizabethan poet Richard Barnfield, who she believes deserves a wider audience.
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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...
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The panel introduces one of the Graveyard Poets, Thomas Warton the Younger, and reads in full his most famous poem, "The Pleasures of...
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Thomas Warton was one of the so-called “Graveyard Poets” of the English 18th century. His often mournful style, as evidenced in his poem
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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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