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Author Blades, John.

Title John Keats : the poems / John Blades
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002

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Description xv, 247 pages ; 23 cm
Series Analysing texts
Analysing texts (Palgrave (Firm))
Contents Principal Events in John Keats's Life -- Pt. 1. Analysing Keats's Poetry -- 1. 'Standing on tip-toe': Keats's Early Verse -- 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer' -- 'Keen, fitful gusts are whispering here and there' -- 'I stood tip-toe upon a little hill' -- Sleep and Poetry -- 2. The 'beautiful mythology of Greece': Endymion and Lamia -- Endymion: A Poetic Romance -- Lamia -- 3. The Two Hyperions: 'a more naked and grecian Manner' -- Hyperion. A Fragment -- The Fall of Hyperion. A Dream -- 4. The Major Odes -- 'Ode to a Nightingale' -- 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' -- 'Ode on Melancholy' -- 'To Autumn' -- 5. Three Medieval Love Stories -- Isabella; or, the Pot of Basil -- La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad -- The Eve of St. Agnes -- Pt. 2. The Context and the Critics -- 6. Keats's Letters -- 7. Keats and Nineteenth-Century Romanticism -- The Origins of Romanticism -- Nature -- The Imagination -- Feeling -- The Writer -- Language -- Romanticism after Keats
8. Some Critical Approaches to Keats's Writings -- Matthew Arnold -- H. W. Garrod -- F. R. Leavis -- Susan J. Wolfson
Summary "John Blades's in-depth study assesses the whole span of Keats's short career, from the early lyrical experiments, through the great epics, to the brilliant odes of 1819, and the haunting medieval narratives. Drawing on the comments of Keats's associates, Blades puts forward some challenging insights into the poet's methods and theory of poetry. The author goes on to examine the context of the verse through a clearly documented survey of Keats's letters - which highlight the trials and obstacles he faced, the attitude to the turmoil of his period, and above all his great passion for life - and an exploration of the key features of nineteenth-century Romanticism. Concluding with a discussion of the work of four literary critics and their influential responses to Keats's work, this lively and sensitive guide is essential reading for anyone with an interest in a young poet who was very much in accord with the revolutionary currents of his time."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index
Subject Keats, John, 1795-1821 -- Criticism and interpretation.
LC no. 2002025333
ISBN 0333948947 hardcover
0333948955 paperback