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Thomas Warton
Overview
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 death of William Whitehead.
He is sometimes called Thomas Warton the younger to distinguish him from his father, who had the same name. His most famous poem is The Pleasures of Melancholy, a representative work of the Graveyard Poets. He is also known for The History of English Poetry (1774-81), which is generally acknowledged to be the first narrative English literary history.
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Place in the tradition
Part of Romanticism.