William Irwin Thompson

William Irwin Thompson was an American historian, novelist, poet, mythographer, philosopher and writer (1938–2020). He was born at Chicago and died at Portland.

William Irwin Thompson in brief

Born
1938
Died
2020
Known for
historian, novelist, poet, mythographer, philosopher, writer, literary critic and university teacher
Place of birth
Chicago
Contents

Catalogued works

36 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1881 to 2001.

Islands Out of Time. Thinking Together at the Edge of History. Still Travels. Gaia, a way of knowing. The imagination of an insurrection, Dublin, Easter, 1916. Gaia 2. The American replacement of nature, dated 1991. At the Edge of History and Passages About Earth, dated 1989. Blue jade from the morning star, dated 1983. Darkness and scattered light, dated 1978. Evil and world order, dated 1976. From nation to emanation, dated 1982. Gaia 2: Emergence, dated 1991. Pacific shift, dated 1985. Selected poems, 1959-1989, dated 1989. Time Falling Bodies Take to Light Mythol, dated 1982. Worlds interpenetrating and apart, dated 1997. Coming into being, dated 1996. Evil and World Order/Tb1951, dated 1980. Transforming history, dated 2001. Imaginary landscape, dated 1989. Imagination of an insurrection, dated 1972. The imagination of an insurrection, Dublin, Easter 1916, dated 1967. Passages about earth, dated 1974. The time falling bodies take to light, dated 1981. At the edge of history, dated 1971. At the edge of history. Death of the Infant Bethel, dated 1965, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1997.217. The Descension, dated 1961, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1999.938. Beach of Silenus, dated 1964, acrylic on cream wove paper with commercially printed text, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1997.124. The Drying After, dated 1961, oil on wood panel, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1976.521. Landscape with Sheep, Picardy, dated Late 19th century, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1904.15. Handbook of bereavement : theory, research, and intervention / edited by Margaret S. Stroebe, Wolfgang Stroebe, Robert O. Hansson., dated 1993, held by Wellcome Collection. Professor R A Peters (1889-1982): British Anti-Lewisite (BAL) and treatment of post-arsphenamine jaundice, dated 1941-1953, held by Wellcome Collection. Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 1, dated December 1881 - May 1897, held by Wellcome Collection. Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 16, dated December 1903 - March 1904, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

William Irwin Thompson, the Utopian Tradition and American Transcendentalism, Canadian Review of American Studies, 1984. <i>The Imagination of an Insurrection</i> by William Irwin Thompson, South Atlantic Quarterly, 1968. Thompson, William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Reviews, Zygon, 1980. Reviews, Zygon, 1974.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Conceptualizing the Village — Internet Archive. Darkness and scattered light (1978) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1938William Irwin Thompson born at Chicago.
  2. 1978Darkness and scattered light digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2020William Irwin Thompson died at Portland.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    <i>The Imagination of an Insurrection</i> by William Irwin Thompson, South Atlantic Quarterly, 1968

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for William Irwin Thompson (Internet Archive), 29 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    William Irwin Thompson, the Utopian Tradition and American Transcendentalism, Canadian Review of American Studies, 1984

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming William Irwin Thompson.

    open access index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under William Irwin Thompson as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with William Irwin Thompson.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming William Irwin Thompson.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2063588: William Irwin Thompson

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “William Irwin Thompson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Books

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