About this title: Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in the consummate power of poetry and his liberal views. While he was criticized by many for his politics, his immediate circle of friends and family immediately recognized his genius. In his short life he proved to be one of the greatest and most original thinkers of the second generation of Romantic poets, with such poems as "Ode to a Nightingale", "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" and "La Belle Dame sans Merci".While his writing is illuminated by his exaltation of the imagination and abounds with sensuous ...
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Description: Very Good+ Penguin Classics. Quality larger format. Text lightly tanned, otherwise Clean and tight, a nice unmarked copy. 5 X 8" Good packing, prompt shipping. Member, Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association. read more
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. bright shiny, very near new, slightest of corner rubs, else new. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 752 p. Penguin English Poets. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 2ND EDITION
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140422108ISBN:0140422102
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 2nd edition book is tight with no markings, tanning to page edges, wraps have some rubbing and mild soiling, light curling/creasing along the edges. read more
Description: Very Good. 8vo. 731pp. Penguin Classics edition of the Complete Poems of Keats, edited by John Barnard; 2nd edition; contains an introduction, table of dates, all the poems, plus poems of doubtful attribution, 6 appendices (including a selection of letters), notes, dictionary of classical names; this copy very lightly toned to text block and edges of pages, covers lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1977-08-01
ISBN-13:9780140422108ISBN:0140422102
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780140422108. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780140422108ISBN:0140422102
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 752 pages. (752 pages) contains the poems known to have been written by keats, arranged by date of composition. this volume includes notes, a comprehensive introduction, an index of classical names, selected extracts from keats's letters and his annotations to milton's "paradise lost". index (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1977-08-25
ISBN-13:9780140422108ISBN:0140422102
Description: Very Good. London: Penguin Books, 1988. Third edition, second printing. Paperback. 754 pp. Near fine. Very light shelf wear. Several prices blacked out on back cover. Customary page tanning for Penguin titles. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780140422108ISBN:0140422102
Description: Very Good. 0140422102. Very good condition. No markings or highlighting, uncreased spine. Slight shelf wear to wraps.; Penguin Classics; 1.34 x 7.64 x 5.04 Inches; 752 pages. read more
Description: Very good. Penguin, 1988, 3rd edition, 7th printing, 754 pages, nice trade paperback, tight, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear. read more
"when i lived in london, i lived three blocks from keats' old home. and, the entire time i was there i never went in for a tour. i just have never loved keats.
it's true, his writing is exquisite. the beauty of the poetry can't be denied. it is the substance i struggle with. keats started writing and was published for only three short years before his death at 26 years. from what i understand, he spent most of his life rather sheltered, and there is no record of any romantic interests, or close friendships, in his life before his death.
i think that lack of experience really plays into his writing-- as much as i love the beauty of 'ode to a grecian urn' -- i am honestly not consumed with the desire to study an urn all day and contemplate its meaning. i am more interested in my poet's writing from a place of personal experience (dickinson is the one exception to this). for me, keats' poetry feels so removed from him and life. it feels...cold?"
"People always pair Keats and Milton. Milton shmilton. Keats is the man. Probably the finest English poet. I think he should shack up with John Donne. Wouldn't you like to take a walk with those two by your side? I wonder if they ever wrote any dirty limericks?
Think Of It Not, Sweet One
John Keats
Think not of it, sweet one, so;- Give it not a tear; Sigh thou mayst, and bid it go Any-anywhere.
Do not lool so sad, sweet one,- Sad and fadingly; Shed one drop then,-it is gone- O 'twas born to die!
Still so pale? then, dearest, weep; Weep, I'll count the tears, And each one shall be a bliss For thee in after years.
Brighter has it left thine eyes Than a sunny rill; And thy whispering melodies Are tenderer still.
Yet-as all things mourn awhile At fleeting blisses, E'en let us too! but be our dirge A dirge of kisses."
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