{"product_id":"city-of-dreadful-night-james-thomson-9780862414498","title":"City of Dreadful Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this haunting poem from the latter part of the nineteenth century, Scots-born writer James Thomson anticipated the modern age's nightmare vision of the city as a place of loneliness, alienation and spiritual despair. In contrast to the late Victorian confidence all around him, Thomson dared to face the possibility that the universe was utterly indifferent to human affairs. The strange and dark images in \u003ci\u003eThe City of Dreadful Night\u003c\/i\u003e have become a landmark of modern literature, for the tomb-like streets and empty squares in this memorable poem preceded T.S Eliot's \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e, and the darker visions of expressionism and surrealism by over forty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in instalments in 1874 and then in book form in 1880, \u003ci\u003eThe City of Dreadful Night\u003c\/i\u003e has long been unavailable as a complete text. This exciting new edition is introduced and annotated by Edwin Morgan, long an admirer of Thomson's work, and a leading modern poet in his own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0862414490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780862414498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.60d","brand":"James Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926671851775,"sku":"9780862414498","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_87f72c49-d99a-4eed-a525-39705637291e.jpg?v=1681084374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/city-of-dreadful-night-james-thomson-9780862414498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}