Publication

2008-03-25 - Penguin Classics

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100140424474
  • ISBN-139780140424478
  • LibraryThing297274
  • Goodreads1058137
  • Better World Books9780140424478
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPR4830

Description

Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. By the end of his brief career, he had written poems of such beauty, imagination and generosity of spirit, that he had - unwittingly - fulfilled his wish that he should 'be among the English poets after my death'. This wide-ranging selection of Keats's poetry contains youthful verse, such as his earliest known poem 'Imitation of Spenser'; poems from his celebrated collection of 1820 - including 'Lamia', 'Isabella', 'The Eve of St Agnes', 'Ode to a Nightingale' and 'Hyperion' - and later celebrated works such as 'La Belle Dame sans Merci'. Also included are many poems considered by Keats to be lesser work, but which illustrate his more earthy, playful side and superb ear for everyday language.

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Other Editions

  • Selected Poems (Keats, John) (Penguin Classics)Penguin Classics2008-03-25

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