The Complete Poems of John Keats [electronic resource]
John Keats2000
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'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly
prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he
endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the
imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a tragic
early death. Edmund Wilson counted him as 'one of the half dozen greatest
English writers,' and T. S. Eliot has paid tribute to the Shakespearean quality
of Keats's greatness. Indeed, his work has survived better than that of any of
his contemporaries the devaluation of Romantic poetry that began early in this
century. This Modern Library edition contains all of Keats's magnificent verse:
'Lamia,' 'Isabella,' and 'The Eve of St. Agnes'; his sonnets and odes; the
allegorical romance Endymion; and the five-act poetic tragedy Otho the Great.
Presented as well are the famous posthumous and fugitive poems, including the
fragmentary 'The Eve of Saint Mark' and the great 'La B...
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Author:
John Keats, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Modern Library, 2000
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (416 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780679641636
Language:
English
BRN:
436581
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