"The Last Man"

Title"The Last Man"
Year for Search1823
AuthorsCampbell, Thomas(1777-1844)
Secondary TitleThe New Monthly Magazine (Philadelphia, PA)
Volume / Edition8.33
Pagination272-73
Date PublishedJanuary 1823
KeywordsMale author, Scottish author
Annotation

Short poem describing the dystopian world as seen by the last man.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, With A Memoir of His Life, and an Essay on his Genius and Writings (New York: D. Appleton, 1856), 86-88; in The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. Ed. J. Logie Robertson, M.A. 2nd ed. (London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1907), 232-34, with a brief note on 234; and in The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, With A Memoir of His Life by William Allingham (ix-lxxiv) (London: G. Bell, 1875), 88-90; Rpt. New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1975), 88-90.

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Author Note

The author (1777-1844) was born and raised in Scotland and spent his life there and in England.

Full Text

1823 Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844). “The Last Man.” The New Monthly Magazine (Philadelphia, PA) 8.33 (January 1823): 272-73. Rpt. in The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, With A Memoir of His Life, and an Essay on his Genius and Writings (New York: D. Appleton, 1856), 86-88; in The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. Ed. J. Logie Robertson, M.A. 2nd ed. (London: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1907), 232-34, with a brief note on 234; and in The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, With A Memoir of His Life by William Allingham (ix-lxxiv) (London: G. Bell, 1875), 88-90; Rpt. New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1975), 88-90. PSt

Short poem describing the dystopian world as seen by the last man. The author was born and raised in Scotland and spent his life there and in England.