John Keats : a new life / Nicholas Roe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roe, Nicholas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keats, John, 1795-1821.

Keats, John.

Poets, English--19th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 446 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]

Summary:

This landmark biography of celebrated Romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate, overly sensitive, tragic figure. Instead, Nicholas Roe reveals the real flesh-and-blood poet: a passionate man driven by ambition but prey to doubt, suspicion, and jealousy; sure of his vocation while bitterly resentful of the obstacles that blighted his career; devoured by sexual desire and frustration; and in thrall to alcohol and opium. Through unparalleled original research, Roe arrives at a fascinating reassessment of Keats's entire life, from his early years at Keats's Livery Stables through his harrowing battle with tuberculosis and death at age 25. Zeroing in on crucial turning points, Roe finds in the locations of Keats's poems new keys to the nature of his imaginative quest.

Contents:

Early years, 1795-1814

Guy's Hospital, 1814-1817

The year of Endymion, 1817

Roads of the dead, 1818

Conjunctions, 1819

Comsumption, 1819-1821.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300124651

0300124651

OCLC:

785864747