Complete Poems and Selected Letters of John Keats

John Keats, Edward Hirsch

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Modern Library
15 March 2001

Poetry

Series: Modern Library Classics

'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.'

By: John Keats
Introduction by: Edward Hirsch
Imprint: Modern Library
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 505g
ISBN: 9780375756696
ISBN 10: 0375756698
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 15 March 2001
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active