John Keats (1) (1795–1821)
Author of John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)
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About the Author
John Keats was born in London, the oldest of four children, on October 31, 1795. His father, who was a livery-stable keeper, died when Keats was eight years old, and his mother died six years later. At age 15, he was apprenticed to an apothecary-surgeon. In 1815 he began studying medicine but soon show more gave up that career in favor of writing poetry. The critic Douglas Bush has said that, if one poet could be recalled to life to complete his career, the almost universal choice would be Keats, who now is regarded as one of the three or four supreme masters of the English language. His early work is badly flawed in both technique and critical judgment, but, from his casually written but brilliant letters, one can trace the development of a genius who, through fierce determination in the face of great odds, fashioned himself into an incomparable artist. In his tragically brief career, cut short at age 25 by tuberculosis, Keats constantly experimented, often with dazzling success, and always with steady progress over previous efforts. The unfinished Hyperion is the only English poem after Paradise Lost that is worthy to be called an epic, and it is breathtakingly superior to his early Endymion (1818), written just a few years before. Isabella is a fine narrative poem, but The Eve of St. Agnes (1819), written soon after, is peerless. In Lamia (1819) Keats revived the couplet form, long thought to be dead, in a gorgeous, romantic story. Above all it was in his development of the ode that Keats's supreme achievement lies. In just a few months, he wrote the odes "On a Grecian Urn" (1819), "To a Nightingale" (1819), "To Melancholy" (1819), and the marvelously serene "To Autumn" (1819). Keats is the only romantic poet whose reputation has steadily grown through all changes in critical fashion. Once patronized as a poet of beautiful images but no intellectual content, Keats is now appreciated for his powerful mind, profound grasp of poetic principles, and ceaseless quest for new forms and techniques. For many readers, old and young, Keats is a heroic figure. John Keats died in Rome on February 23, 1821 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome. His last request was to be placed under a tombstone bearing no name or date, only the words, "Here lies One whose Name was writ in Water." (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by John Keats
Selected Letters of John Keats: Revised Edition, Based on the texts of Hyder Edward Rollins (1950) 72 copies
On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer 56 copies
Letters 24 copies
The poetical works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats : complete in one volume (1838) — Author — 11 copies
The Folio Poets 7 copies
Eve of St. Agnes, The (among others) 6 copies
Selected Poetry (Poetry Library) 6 copies
The Selected Poetry of Keats 6 copies
Den okände Keats 5 copies
Poems and Letters 5 copies
Keats: Selected Poems 5 copies
The Selected Poetry of Keats 5 copies
Richtmass des Schönen : Briefe. [Aus d. Engl.]. [Übers. von Christa Schuenke. Hrsg. von Horst Höhne],… (1985) — Author — 4 copies
Iperione e altri scritti poetici — Author — 4 copies
John Keats: a thematic reader 4 copies
Selected Poems of John Keats 4 copies
Iperione, Odi e sonetti 4 copies
The Letters of John Keats: Complete Revised Edition with a Portrait Not Published in Previous Editions and Twenty-Four… (1895) 4 copies
Otho The Great 3 copies
The Poems of John Keats Volume One 3 copies
The Selected Poetry of Keats 3 copies
John Keats 1795-1821 2 copies
The Poetical Works of John Keats ... Edited by H. Buxton Forman. Fourth Edition. Illustrated [by W. H. Low and Others]. (2010) 2 copies
The Romantic Poets - John Keats 2 copies
The poems and verses of John Keats 2 copies
Keats poems published in 1820 2 copies
The Complete Poems of John Keats (Wordsworth Poetry Library) by John Keats (1994-01-05) (1758) 2 copies
The Selected Poetry of Keats 2 copies
POEMS OF JOHN KEATS, ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER WITH A PREFACE BY SIDNEY COLVIN. Volume 1 2 copies
To Sleep {poem} 2 copies
Když mraky září 2 copies
A Selection from John Keats 2 copies
Keats 2 copies
John Keats poesia completa Vol I 2 copies
Poesía Completa - Tomo I 2 copies
Keats' Poems 2 copies
Fulgida stella - USP 800 - 18 2 copies
Poems of John Keats: Edited and Selected by Rosalind Vallance, with an Introduction by B.Ifor Evans (1950) 2 copies
Keats's poetical works 2 copies
John Keats poesia completa. Vol II 2 copies
On the Sonnet 2 copies
Selections from Keats, poetry and prose. Edited with an introduction by John Earnshaw (1934) 2 copies
John Keats Complete Works Ultimate Collection 50 Works All poems, poetry, posthumous works, letters and Biography (2013) 2 copies
Poetical Works P. McC. 2 copies
Selected letters & poems 1 copy
キーツ詩集 (岩波文庫) 1 copy
Poesías 1 copy
Sonnets 1 copy
Стихотворения 1 copy
The Shorter Poems 1 copy
Manuscript poems in the British Library : facsimiles of the Hyperion holograph and George Keats's notebook of… (1989) 1 copy
The Charles Brown poetry transcripts at Harvard : facsimiles including the fair copy of Otho the Great (1988) 1 copy
John Keats' Poetry 1 copy
Poemas esenciales 1 copy
Selected Poem 1 copy
The Making of a poet 1 copy
The Odes (Complete Edition): Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to a Nightingale Ode to Apollo Ode to Indolence Ode to Psyche Ode… (2018) 1 copy
Selection From Keats 1 copy
The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats. (Edited by H. E. Scudder.) [With a portrait.] 1 copy
Poems 1 copy
A Keats Selection 1 copy
A Concordance to the Poems of John Keats — Contributor — 1 copy
Keats and Shelley 1 copy
Sixteen Select Poems 1 copy
Poems of John Keats 1 copy
The Poems of John Keats Arranged in Chronological Order With a Preface by Sydney Colvin (1928) 1 copy
Epistola Caledoniensa 1 copy
The Complete Works: Poetry, Plays, Letters and Extensive Biographies: Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to a Nightingale… (2017) 1 copy
Love Poems of John Keats 1 copy
Letters: 1819 and 1820 1 copy
The Woodhouse Poetry Transcripts at Harvard: A Facsimile of the W2 Notebook, with Variants & Commentary from the W1… (1988) 1 copy
Poetry by John Keats: Hyperion, to Autumn, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on Indolence, John… (2010) 1 copy
Yönkirkas taivas 1 copy
John Keats 1 copy
The Eve of St. Agnes, Pastora Poems, L'Allegro - All in One Volume — Contributor — 1 copy
Sonno e poesia 1 copy
Twang Dillo Dee 1 copy
John Keats - Gedichte 1 copy
Poems etc. Vol. II. 1 copy
The Poems of Keats 1 copy
On Seeing the Elgin Marbles (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 copy
Lettres 1 copy
Poemas de John Keats 1 copy
Ode on indolence 1816 1 copy
Ode on melancholy, 1816 1 copy
John Keats 50 Greatest Poems 1 copy
The Poetical Works of John Keats. Edited by William B. Scott. With an introductory memoir. (2010) 1 copy
Collected Poetry 1 copy
The Poems of Keats 1 copy
Ode to Psyche 1 copy
Autobiography of John Keats 1 copy
a poet has no identity 1 copy
Notes on Keat's poetry 1 copy
Sonnets of Keats 1 copy
Poetry, F3 1 copy
Poems of Keats 1 copy
John Keats: Selected Poems 1 copy
Meg Merrilies 1 copy
Odi e Sonetti 1 copy
THE POEMS AND VERSES OF JOHN KEATS, Edited and Arranged in Chronological Order By JOHN MIDDLETON MURRAY, (1949) 1 copy
Keats Poetical Works 1 copy
John Keat's poems 1 copy
The Selected Poetry of Keats 1 copy
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The Great Romantics: Selected Poems: Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1993) — Author — 150 copies
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Keats Circle Letters and Papers and More Letters and Poems of the Keats Circle (1965) — Contributor — 9 copies
Quest for Permanence: Symbolism of Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats (1959) — Featured Artist — 9 copies
La poesía inglesa románticos y victorianos — Contributor — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Keats, John
- Birthdate
- 1795-10-31
- Date of death
- 1821-02-23
- Burial location
- Protestant Cemetery, Rome, Italy
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Cause of death
- tuberculosis
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Rome, Italy - Education
- Guy's Hospital, London (surgeon's assistant)
- Occupations
- poet
- Relationships
- Hunt, Leigh (friend)
Brawne, Fanny (fiancée)
Reynolds, John Hamilton (friend)
Clarke, Charles Cowden (friend)
Haydon, Benjamin Robert (friend)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (friend) (show all 7)
Brown, Charles Armitage (friend) - Organizations
- Guy's Hospital, London
- Short biography
- When dying, Keats asked for his headstone to be engraved with the words, "Here lies one whose name was writ in water."
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