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Author: Francis Thompson
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Author: Francis Thompson
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Pages : 74
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Author: Everard Meynell
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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This book is a biographical account that delves into the life of the renowned English poet, Francis Thompson. The book follows Thompson's childhood, his struggles with addiction and poverty, literary achievements, and spiritual journey. With the use of letters, memories, and research, Meynell provides a detailed account of Thompson's life and the people who influenced him.
Author: Francis Thompson
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ISBN: 9781783949342
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Languages : en
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Francis Thompson was born in Preston on Lancashire in December 18th, 1859. Educated at Ushaw College, near Durham he studied medicine at Owens College in Manchester. However the medical profession held little interest to him but writing did. He moved to London in 1885 but found no success and was quickly reduced to selling matches and newspapers for a living. Ill health offered up opium as a solution and to this he quickly became addicted. Life became increasingly difficult and soon Francis was no more than a vagrant living on the streets, chiefly around Charing Cross and along the Thames. In 1888 he sent some poems to the publishers of the Merrie England magazine who were Wilfrid Meynell and his noted poet wife Alice. They quickly sought him out, arranged for his housing and other necessities as well as medical treatment and encouraged him to write more. This culminated in the publication of his book 'Poems' in 1893. The book, including the seminal 'Hound Of Heaven' was recognised as a great work by many critics at the time and encouraged further volumes; Sister Songs in 1895 and New Poems in 1897. Years of ill health, addiction and vagrancy had taken their toll upon Francis and he moved to Storrington in Wales where we continued to write though by now he was invalided. An attempt at suicide was aborted by a vision he had of Thomas Chatterton, the teenage poet, who had committed suicide a century earlier. However his remaining years were few in number and he succumbed to tuberculosis at the age of 48 on November 13th, 1907. He is buried in the Catholic section of Kensal Green Cemetery in London. G.K. Chersterton said "with Francis Thompson we lost the greatest poetic energy since Browning."
Author: Francis Thompson
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Author: Francis Thompson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826463053
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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During the research for her biography of Francis Thompson, Between Heaven and Charing Cross it became clear to Brigid Boardman that a new edition of his poetry was essential for a full recognition of the range and variety of his work. He remains best known for his great poem The Hound of Heaven but his work as a whole has never been properly presented. All previous editions include the many alterations and deletions that were made to Thompson’s work posthumously by Wilfrid Meynell for the edition of 1913. Meynell’s aim was to present the poetry in a strictly orthodox Catholic light in a period when fears about Modernism influenced the Church’s understanding of literature. These anxieties have not served the poetry well. Thompson’s aim was ‘to be the poet of the return to God’ and his work expresses the divine presence that he believed permeated all aspects of life. This edition finally restores an important English poet to the readers that he so deserves.
Author: Thomas Henry Wright
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Category : Poets, English
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Author: Francis Thompson
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Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Author: Francis Thompson
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Author: Francis Thompson
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Author: Francis Thompson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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