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Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

by John Keats

The epic romance of one of the most celebrated poets in the English language Coming to theatres in September 2009 is the tragic love story of nineteenth-century poet John Keats and the love of his life, Fanny Brawne. Keats died at the young age of twenty-five, leaving behind some of the most exquisite and moving verse and letters ever written, inspired by his deep love for Fanny. Bright Star is a collection... (more)

John Keats: The Major Works: Including Endymion, the Odes and Selected Letters (Oxford World's Classics)

John Keats: The Major Works: Including Endymion, the Odes and Selected Letters (Oxford World's Classics)

by John Keats

Keats is one of the principal figures in the Romantic movement, his verse violettenderly fanciful and intensely musical. His stature as a poet has grown steadily despite changing fashions.

Critical Theory Since Plato

by Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle

CRITICAL THEORY SINCE PLATO is a chronologically-arranged anthology that presents a broad survey of the history and development of literary criticism and theory in Western culture. Written by two well-known scholars in the field of literary study, this well-respected text puts an emphasis on the individual contributors to the development of literary criticism, from Plato and Aristotle to the present.

Keats's Poetry and Prose (Norton Critical Edition)

Keats's Poetry and Prose (Norton Critical Edition)

by John Keats

This Norton Critical Edition seeks to return Keats—one of the most beloved poets of the English language—to his cultural moment by tracking his emergence as a public poet. For this reason, this volume presents the writings in the order of publication rather than composition. Readers can trace the poems through letters, reviews, and related material chronologically interleaved with the texts themselves.... (more)

The Odes of John Keats (Belknap Press)

by Helen Vendler, Helen Hennessy Vendler

Helen Vendler widens her exploration of lyric poetry with a new assessment of the six great odes of John Keats and in the process gives us, implicitly, a reading of Keats's whole career. She proposes that these poems, usually read separately, are imperfectly seen unless seen together--that they form a sequence in which Keats pursued a strict and profound inquiry into questions of language, philosophy, and... (more)

Everyman's Library

Poems; (Endymion series)

by John Keats, Peter Washington

These Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover editions are popular for their compact size and reasonable price which do not compromise content. Poems: Keats contains a full selection of Keats's work, including his lyric poems, narrative poems, letters, and an index of first lines.

Readings From Literaturereuben halleck

Readings From Literature

by reuben halleck

A collection of selected American & English prose and poetry to interest students.

John Keats - The Poems (Everyman's Library, 53)GERALD BULLETT (EDITOR), DAVID BROMWICH (INTRODUCTION) JOHN KEATS

John Keats - The Poems (Everyman's Library, 53)

by GERALD BULLETT (EDITOR), DAVID BROMWICH (INTRODUCTION) JOHN KEATS

John Keats : Selected Poems

by John Keats, George Harry Ford

John Keats survives today as the archetypal Romantic genius who died tragically early. The rapid development of Keats's poetic skills is powerfully displayed in this selection, which includes his first major poem, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer," as well as "Endymion," "The Eve of St. Agnes," "La Belle Dame sans Merci," and "The Fall of Hyperion." Throughout, Keats's preoccupying themes of love, art,... (more)

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Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

by John Keats

John Keats: The Major Works: Including Endymion, the Odes and Selected Letters (Oxford World's Classics)

by John Keats

Critical Theory Since Plato

by Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle

Keats's Poetry and Prose (Norton Critical Edition)

by John Keats

The Odes of John Keats (Belknap Press)

by Helen Vendler, Helen Hennessy Vendler

Poems; (Endymion series)

by John Keats, Peter Washington

Readings From Literature

by reuben halleck

John Keats - The Poems (Everyman's Library, 53)

by GERALD BULLETT (EDITOR), DAVID BROMWICH (INTRODUCTION) JOHN KEATS

John Keats : Selected Poems

by John Keats, George Harry Ford