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The Complete Poems of John Keats (with an Introduction by Robert Bridges)
by Keats, John
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- 142095184X
- ISBN 13
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Digireads.com Publishing, 2015. First Thus. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus, 1st Printing. Trade PB in glossy illustrated wraps. Fine. 455pp.
Synopsis
'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a tragic early death. Edmund Wilson counted him as 'one of the half dozen greatest English writers,' and T. S. Eliot has paid tribute to the Shakespearean quality of Keats's greatness. Indeed, his work has survived better than that of any of his contemporaries the devaluation of Romantic poetry that began early in this century. This Modern Library edition contains all of Keats's magnificent verse: 'Lamia,' 'Isabella,' and 'The Eve of St. Agnes'; his sonnets and odes; the allegorical romance Endymion; and the five-act poetic tragedy Otho the Great. Presented as well are the famous posthumous and fugitive poems, including the fragmentary 'The Eve of Saint Mark' and the great 'La Belle Dame sans Merci,' perhaps the most distinguished literary ballad in the language. 'No one else in English poetry, save Shakespeare, has in expression quite the fascinating felicity of Keats, his perception of loveliness,' said Matthew Arnold. 'In the faculty of naturalistic interpretation, in what we call natural magic, he ranks with Shakespeare.'
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- Basement Books
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- Title
- The Complete Poems of John Keats (with an Introduction by Robert Bridges)
- Author
- Keats, John
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus. 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 142095184X
- ISBN 13
- 9781420951844
- Publisher
- Digireads.com Publishing
- Date Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 456
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- FICTION POETRY ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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