John KeatsHarold Bloom Romantic poet, John Keats was only 25 when he died of tuberculosis, but his work has achieved canonical status. Poet and critic Matthew Arnold said of Keats, In the faculty of naturalistic interpretation, in what we call natural magic, he ranks with Shakespeare. Keats' more recognizable poems include Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, and Ode on Melancholy. Updated with all-new, full-length critical essays selected by Harold Bloom, this volume will draw students into an in-depth study of the brilliant young poet. A chronology, notes on the contributors, and a bibliography round out this useful resource. |
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... suggesting the symbolic nature of the nightingale not merely by the classical allusion , but also by a deft and unassertive pun . Again if the bird is such a creature as this suggests , what is its song , and what is the summer which it ...
... suggesting the symbolic nature of the nightingale not merely by the classical allusion , but also by a deft and unassertive pun . Again if the bird is such a creature as this suggests , what is its song , and what is the summer which it ...
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... suggests ebbing vitality , drugged sensibility , Lethean despair . A further oddity resides in the phrase ' leave ... suggest we accept the paradox easily because we already know that a debate is under way about whether or not the gift ...
... suggests ebbing vitality , drugged sensibility , Lethean despair . A further oddity resides in the phrase ' leave ... suggest we accept the paradox easily because we already know that a debate is under way about whether or not the gift ...
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... suggest not merely , as Perkins says , ' a scented , hushed burial ' , but grimmer and more absolute images ... suggests a tenderness towards the mere creature . That Keats can thus address himself to the ideal and the actual at ...
... suggest not merely , as Perkins says , ' a scented , hushed burial ' , but grimmer and more absolute images ... suggests a tenderness towards the mere creature . That Keats can thus address himself to the ideal and the actual at ...
Contents
The Ode to Psyche | 13 |
Nightingale and Melancholy | 37 |
Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion | 97 |
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Lacan, Discourse, and Social Change: A Psychoanalytic Cultural Criticism Mark Bracher Limited preview - 1993 |