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| | Warton, Thomas Criticism and Essays |
 | | Warton is best known as a critic whose writings, especially the three-volume History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century (1774-81?), were influential for their consideration of literary works in a broad historical context. |
 | | Warton was born on January 9, 1728, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Thomas Warton, the Elder, a poet and schoolmaster, and his wife, Elizabeth Richardson Warton. |
 | | Warton is believed to be the first to look at a work in relation to its time, cultural influences, and earlier literature. |
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