This comprehensive guide to the poetry and letters of John Keats offers a highly readable and detailed textual analysis of the themes and techniques of his work. Blades assesses all the major writing - including the narratives and the great odes - and goes on to examine the context of the verse through a survey of the poet's letters and an examination of the key features of nineteenth century Romanticism. This lively and imaginative study concludes with a discussion of some of the most influential critical responses to Keats's work.
JOHN BLADES has lectured in English Literature at the universities of Leeds and Durham. His publications include critical studies of James Joyce.
General Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPrincipal Events in John Keats's LifePART ONE: ANALYSING KEATS'S POETRY'Standing on tip-toe': Keats's Early VerseThe 'beautiful mythology of Greece': Endymion and LamiaThe Two Hyperions: 'a more naked and grecian Manner'The Major OdesThree Medieval Love StoriesPART TWO: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICSKeats's LettersKeats and Nineteenth Century RomanticismSome Critical Approaches to Keats's WritingsFurther ReadingIndex.
'An excellently clear, comprehensive and lucidly argued introduction to Keats' poems that students will find very helpful as a supplementary source. A helpful series.' - Simon Malpas, Manchester Metropolitan University
