For the short story by Rudyard Kipling, see Rudyard Kipling bibliography.
Long poem by James "B.V." Thomson
Illustration of 19th-century London slums by Gustave Doré
The City of Dreadful Night is a long poem by the Scottish poet James "B.V." Thomson, written between 1870 and 1873, and published in the National Reformer in 1874,[1] then, in 1880, in a book entitled The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems.[2] The poem is noted for the pessimistic philosophy that it expresses.[3] It has been argued that the city described in the poem is based on London.[4]
^Sullivan, Dick. ""Poison Mixed With Gall": James Thomson's The City of Dreadful Night – A Personal View". Retrieved 29 September 2008.
^Thomson, James (1880). The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. London: Reeves and Turner.
^Salt, Henry S. (August 1896). "Among the Authors: The Poet of Pessimism". The Vegetarian Review: 360–362.
^Cheng, Chu-chueh. "The Importance of Being London: Looking for Signs of the Metropolis in James Thomson's City of Dreadful Night". Literary London Society. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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