‘I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.’ Within three years of writing these words, John Keats was dead. Consumption claimed him in 1821, at the age of just 25, but he left a body of work which would have been remarkable for a man three times his age, and which, in its staggering maturity, drew on the breadth of human emotion. Simon Brett is one of the leading wood-engravers of the past half-century. He has illustrated several Folio books, including Jane Eyre and Legends of the Grail. In this edition, which is adapted from the 2001 ‘Folio Poets’ volume, his engravings are an enchanting accompaniment to Keats’s verse.
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Rich melodic works in classical imagery of British poet John Keats include " The Eve of Saint Agnes ," " Ode on a Grecian Urn ," and " To Autumn ," all in 1819. Work of the principal of the Romantic movement of England received constant critical attacks from the periodicals of the day during his short life. He nevertheless posthumously immensely influenced poets, such as Alfred Tennyson. Elaborate word choice and sensual imagery characterize poetry, including a series of odes, masterpieces of Keats among the most popular poems in English literature. Most celebrated letters of Keats expound on his aesthetic theory of "negative capability." Wikipedia page of the author
