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John Keats, a poet and his manuscripts, Stephen Hebron

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

contains biographical information

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John Keats

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Stephen Hebron

a poet and his manuscripts

John Keats: A poet and His Manuscripts traces the life and career of the poet through the surviving manuscripts of many of his finest poems and letters. Mostly shown in their entirety, many at actual size, Keats's original manuscripts provide a unique visual record of his creative processes and rapid literary progress. Nearly 200 years after they were first written, they have lost none of their immediacy. Charged with a restless intensity, the poet's clear, expressive handwriting flows effortlessly across the page, evoking a vivid sense of his inspired imagination and vibrant, impulsive thinking. The accompanying commentary by Stephen Hebron explores each manuscript in detail, highlighting the literary landmarks, and tracing the poet's development as a writer and thinker

'On first looking into Chapman's Homer' -- Letter to Benjamin Robert Haydon, 20 November 1816 -- 'This pleasant tale is like a little copse' -- 'I stood tip-toe upon a little hill' -- Letter to Leigh Hunt, 10 May 1817 -- Letter to Fanny Keats, 10 September 1817 -- Letter to Benjamin Bailey, 22 November 1817 -- Letter to John Hamilton Reynolds, 19 February 1818 -- Letter to John Taylor, 27 February 1818 -- Endymion -- 'Hyperion' -- Letter to Richard Woodhouse, 27 October 1818 -- 'The Eve of St. Agnes' -- 'The Eve of St. Mark' -- Letter to George and Georgiana Keats, February-May 1819 -- 'Ode to Psyche' -- 'Ode to Melancholy' -- 'Ode to Nightingale' -- 'To Autumn' -- Letter to Richard Woodhouse, 21, 22 September 1819 -- Letter to Percy Bysshe Shelley, 16 August 1820