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British Enlightenment

2 poetas, 1700 – 1771

  1. James Thomson

    1700 – 1748

    Towards the middle of the 18th century, poetic taste in England veered towards new forms of expression. During the first half of the century, the main figure had been Alexander Pope, whose poems were socialexposing the foolishness of acadmic circles and of the upper classesand…

  2. Thomas Gray

    1716 – 1771

    Thomas Gray was born in London in 1716. His parents had twelve children and all except Thomas died at an early age. When he was eight years old, he entered Eton College, where he made several close friends: the short-lived Richard West, who also wrote poetry and on whose death…