Thomas Rhymer
- This page is about the English playwright. For the character from the ballad, also known as True Thomas, see Thomas the Rhymer.
Thomas Rhymer (1641 - 1713) was an English playwright and critic who introduced the English to the principles of French Neoclassical Drama. Rhymer is best known for his essay A Short View of Tragedy (1692) which John Dennis famously responded to in The Impartial Critick.
Bibliography
The Critical Works of Thomas Rymer, ed. Curt Zimansky (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956).
