Keats
By John Keats
1987
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Selected, with an Introduction by Howard Moss, this Volume collects many of Keats' best know works. From the Introduction: "Because Keats' development was irregular and covered a short span of time, his maturation as an artist was erratic. The period of the great poems, the Odes, 'The Eve of St. Agnes', 'Lamia', –- the period between January and May, 1819 –- hangs in space, a kind of miracle between his immature work and the inferior work that followed it.... Keats' reputation as a poet would be as secure as it is today if we had no other poems than these."
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John Keats
Author · 65 books
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
