"The City of Dreadful Night"

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Title"The City of Dreadful Night"
Year for Search1874
Authors[Thomson}, [James](1834-82)
Tertiary AuthorsV., B. [pseud.]
Secondary TitleThe National Reformer
Volume / Edition ns 23.12, 15, 17, 20
Pagination181-83; 230-31; 262-63; 310-11
Date PublishedMarch 22, April 12, 26, May 17, 1874
KeywordsMale author, Scottish author
Annotation

Poem. Dystopia describing a city and its inhabitants. Borderline horror. Includes the City of Melancholy and its Queen Melancholy and the River of Suicides. Sometimes classified as horror. 
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (London: Reeves and Turner, 1880), 1-55; in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1892), 1-73; in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903), 1-57; and in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (London: Methuen & Co., 1932), 17-71, with an "Introduction" by Edmund Blunden (5-14) and a frontispiece by James McBey.
Pseudonym

B. V. [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

L, O, NLS, PSt
Author Note

Scottish author (1834-82).
Full Text

1874 [Thomson, James] (1834-82). “The City of Dreadful Night.” By B.V. [pseud.]. The National Reformer, ns 23.12, 15, 17, 20 (March 22, April 12, 26, May 17, 1874): 181-83; 230-31; 262-63; 310-11. Rpt. with the name on the title page as James Thomson (“B.V.”) in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (London: Reeves and Turner, 1880), 1-55; 2nd ed. (London: Reeves and Turner, 1888), 1-55; in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1892), 1-73; in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903), 1-57; and in his The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems (London: Methuen & Co., 1932), 17-71, with an “Introduction” by Edmund Blunden (5-14) and a frontispiece by James McBey. CtY, L, O, NLS, PSt

Dystopia describing a city and its inhabitants. Includes the City of Melancholy and its Queen Melancholy and the River of Suicides. Sometimes classified as horror. Scottish author.