John Keats

Broschiertes Buch

The Works of John Keats

Beschreibung

This book is the complete poetical works of John Keats. 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", "Lamia", "Isabella", "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.

Autor

John Keats was an English poet from the second generation of Romantic poets. He was born on October 31, 1795, and died on February 23, 1821. When he died at age 25, he had been writing poems for less than four years. During his life, people didn't care much about his works, but after he died, his fame grew quickly. By the end of the century, he was included in the canon of English literature. He had a big impact on many writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and the Encyclopedia Britannica of 1888 called one of his odes "one of the final masterpieces." Jorge Luis Borges said that his first meeting with Keats was something he would remember for the rest of his life. Keats' style, especially in the series of odes, was "heavily loaded with sensualities." Like most Romantics, he used images from nature to show how strong his feelings were. His poems and letters, like "Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Sleep and Poetry," and "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer," are still some of the most popular and studied pieces of English literature today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Becker Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 707g
• ISBN-13: 9781443704755
• ISBN-10: 144370475X
• Artikelnr.: 25590321