John Keats

The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats - Cambridge Edition

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the complete poetical works of John Keats, together with a collection of his letters. John Keats (1795¿1821) was an English poet. He was one of the most celebrated second-generation Romantic poets together with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, despite the fact that he only produced poetry for four years. This fantastic collection constitutes a must-have for serious lovers of poetry, and would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Contents include: ¿The Life of Keats¿, ¿Endymion: A Poetic Romance¿, ¿Lamiä, ¿Isabellä, ¿The Eve of St. Agnes¿, ¿Hyperion¿, ¿Specimen of an Induction to a Poem¿, ¿Caldore: A Fragment¿, ¿To Hope¿, ¿Imitation of Spenser¿, ¿Ode to a Nightingale¿, ¿Ode to a Grecian Urn¿, ¿Ode to Psyche¿, ¿Odes on Melancholy¿, etc. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read Country Book
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9781443762472
• ISBN-10: 1443762474
• Artikelnr.: 25589640

Autorenporträt

John Keats (31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his works having been in publication for only four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25. Although his poems were not generally well received by critics during his lifetime, his reputation grew after his death, and by the end of the 19th century, he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets. He had a significant influence on a diverse range of poets and writers. Jorge Luis Borges stated that his first encounter with Keats' work was the most significant literary experience of his life.[2] The poetry of Keats is characterised by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. This is typical of romantic poets, as they aimed to accentuate extreme emotion through an emphasis on natural imagery. Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analysed in English literature. Some of the most acclaimed works of Keats are "Ode to a Nightingale", "Sleep and Poetry", and the famous sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" John Keats was born in Moorgate, London, on 31 October 1795 to Thomas Keats and his wife, Frances Jennings. There is little evidence of his exact birthplace. Although Keats and his family seem to have marked his birthday on 29 October, baptism records give the date as the 31st.[3][4] He was the eldest of four surviving children; his younger siblings were George (1797-1841), Thomas (1799-1818), and Frances Mary "Fanny" (1803-1889) who eventually married Spanish author Valentín Llanos Gutiérrez.[5] Another son was lost in infancy. His father first worked as a hostler[6] at the stables attached to the Swan and Hoop Inn, an establishment he later managed, and where the growing family lived for some years. Keats believed that he was born at the inn, a birthplace of humble origins, but there is no evidence to support his belief.[4] The Globe pub now occupies the site (2012), a few yards from the modern-day Moorgate station.[7] He was baptised at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, and sent to a local dame school as a child.