Reading John Keats / Susan J. Wolfson.

"John Keats (1795-1821), one of the best-loved poets of the Romantic period, is ever alive to words, discovering his purposes as he reads - not only books but also the world around him. Leading Keats scholar Susan J. Wolfson explores the breadth of his works, including his longest ever poem End...

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Main Author: Wolfson, Susan J., 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Life and times; 2. Conceiving early poems, and Poems; 3. Falling in and out of love with Endymion: A Poetic Romance; Rereading King Lear; 4. Venturing 'new Romance': Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio; 5. Falling with Hyperion; 6. Still Romancing: The Eve of St Agnes; a dream-sonnet; La belle dame; 7. Reforming the sonnet and forming the Odes of spring 1819: Psyche; Nightingale; Grecian Urn; Melancholy; Indolence; 8. Writhing, wreathing, writing Lamia; 9. Falling in Fall 1819: The Fall of Hyperion and To Autumn; 10. Late poems & lasting Keats; A few famous formulations; At a glance: Keats in context; Further reading.