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This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.It brings together a unique combination of Keats's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by a generous selection of Keats's letters - to give the essence of his work and thinking.

In his tragically short life Keats wrote an astonishing number of superb poems; his stature as one of the foremost poets of the Romantic movement remains unassailable.This volume contains all the poetry published during his lifetime, including Endymion in its entirety, the Odes, "Lamia", and both versions of "Hyperion."The poetry is presented in chronological order , illustrating the staggering speed with which Keats's work matured.Further insight into his creative process is given by reproducing, in their original form, a number of poems that were published posthumously.

Keats's letters are admired almost as much as his poetry and were described by T. S. Eliot as "certainly the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet."They provide the best biographical detail available and shed invaluable light on Keats's poems. ... Read more

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The letters of Keats between 1816 and 1821 are passionate, revealing and sensitive. Furthermore, it was within the context of these letters that many of the poems first appeared, Perry Keenlyside has selected some of the most revealing of the letters to show the state of mind and attitudes of the poet while he was writing that made him one of the most loved poets in the English language. ... Read more

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it truly is Realms of Gold...
I seem to be on a Keats jag of late and just finished the wonderful audio book Realms of Gold.This is, quite simply, a fabulous recording.I can't imagine anyone being dissappointed in it.The only thing I wished for when it was over was that it had been longer.It is two cds in length and is positively crammed with Keats' letters and poetry.It is a lovely blending between the two, in chronological order, the poetry spaced throughout.One of the best things about this recording is the reader' voice, tone, and interpretation.Samuel West reads Keats like he was born for it.I've heard other readings but his is by far the best. Very sensitive. I know I will return to this audio book again and again.It would make a perfect gift for someone you are trying to entice into reading Keats, or for someone who already adores Keats' work.You can't go wrong. I now look for other Naxos recordings read by Samuel West, his reading is that good.

on realms of gold
This is a very sympathetic record of Keats' letters and poems, and anyone interested in his thoughts/personality is likely to find themselves pleased. ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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Great little book, Poetry to take anywhere!
I have several of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets and I love these lttle books. They fit with ease in my purse so I can take them anywhere. A good selection on the Poetry too!

All ye need to know on earth- For Keats Beauty is Truth
It is possible to argue that the greatest Keats is that of the annus mirabilis 1819 when he wrote the Odes. This work contains the great Keats' lyrics among the most musical , sensuous poetry in the English language. The sense that' beauty may not be truth' for everyone, but that for Keats it certainly is. This is of course one of many different editions which contain the great
lyrics of Keats. It is pleasant, light , compact a pleasure to hold and to read.

Better than I imagined.
The arrival of this book came sooner than expected, which was very welcome, and the shipping packaging was very strong and sturdy. The book was in perfect condition, and is a beautiful edition of Keat's poems. Thank you. I couldn't have asked for more.

Milky white cream or soap to the tongue?
Keats' message is abstruse. He points at the illusion of "I" as being an intertwining of "we". Opposites are illusions. The highest aspect of human existence is in love: the personal contact and the breaking of the illusion of "I" in connection, transcendence, created in union or fellowship with others. No other poet wrote so creamy white to the tongue, but was he cheating by not being as forward and clear, or substantive; over stepping the allowance given to poetry of form supportingmeaning. Beauty is its own vindication is another message of Keats "truth is beauty, beauty is truth" and I think by his writing style he felt the slippery smooth qualities would override the illusive aspects, beauty would be its own vindication, if not add a mysterious spell-binding quality to his writing -- but is it just smoke and mirrors? Life is a dream within a dream, within a dream... (sounds like the mocked priest in "The Princess Bride" but this is Keats). This a general feeling for his longer poem, among his shorter poems he has gems like "autumn". Change is a constant, life is an enigma, so is Keats.

Oscar Wilde's openning treatis in the "Picture of Dorian Grey" seems to be in-line with Keats or is it an attack on Keats in the the end?

Keats was not on the mega superstar status as Byron, in his day. Keats is as much for our time as his own. He gained, apparently, the energy and will to take up poetry due to being youthfully influenced by Byron, wearing his shirt open and such, but any comparison stops there. Byron was a driving force for his time and could be argued to be the first modern super pop star of the young generational angst, outsider sort, as well as having a significant mark on thinking to come. He was not the athiest as Shelly but closer to the agnostic/Pagan sympathizer of Byron.

I have mixed feelings about Keats, mostly on the negative side. In the end I guess Keats was clear: beauty is its own reward, over substance, over philosophy, what are these things, to him, but illusions, all is illusion, the closest thing to truth, if there is such a thing, is beauty, and Keats did write beautiful words in beautiful ways. Maybe I will read him again someday.

Keats Poems
If you're a true Keats fan this is a must to add to your collection.Contains all of Keat's best work.Or enrich somone's life who is not familiar with Keats.A great gift idea. ... Read more

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This collection, with poems published in 1817, Endymion, and poems published in 1820, includes his best known works, such as: Ode to a Nightgale, Ode to a Grecian Ur, Ode to Psyche, Lamia, Eve of St. agnes, Ode on Melanchoy, To Autumn, and Hyperion. According to Wikipedia: "John Keats (1795 – 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work received constant critical attacks from periodicals of the day, but his posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson has been immense. Elaborate word choice and sensual imagery characterize Keats's poetry, including a series of odes that were his masterpieces and which remain among the most popular poems in English literature. Keats's letters, which expound on his aesthetic theory of "negative capability"[1], are among the most celebrated by any writer." In the active (hyperlinked) table of contents, click on a book or poem title and go to it.Use the Back button to return to the Table of Contents ... Read more

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Good, but not complete
I'm happy with the content included in this for the low price of $.99 but I'd hoped that "When I have fears..." would be included- and it's not! Sad!

Get what you pay for...
Many of the words in the poems are chopped in half.For example, the previous sentence might be as follows:
"Many of the words in the poems are cho
pped in half."

Also, when you try to use the Kindle highlight, some sentences can't be highlighted.This also prevents you from looking up words using the Kindles dictionary feature. ... Read more

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From Longman's Cultural Editions series, John Keats, edited by Susan J. Wolfson, is the first edition organized to give a sense of the poet’s thinking by interspersing letters, poems, and publications of reviews and contemporary works.

This is a new event in editions of Keats, arranged not in the usual way of separating these writings, but rather by positioning them alongside the author's poems in order of composition or appearance in print, for a more holistic understanding of Keats’s work.  Editor Susan Wolfson has taken care that all poems and letters have been freshly edited from their sources, and the manuscripts reflect scriptive elements such as cross-outs and underlines.  This edition also includes some unusual contextual writings, including newspaper reviews of Keats's publications.

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The best Keats anthology going
Susan Wolfson's new Longman Cultural Edition of Keats is nonpareil. By interspersing the letters and the poems -- all arranged
chronologically--Wolfson brilliantly guides us through the poet's development. Alone among easily accessible editions, this one allows us to follow the poet and theorist in action, experimenting, elaborating, going out on limb after limb. Ideal for classroom use, ideal for simply reacquainting oneself with Keats's lyrics, narrative poems, epics, letters, etc. A must-read; a must-have. ... Read more

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This volume gathers together some of the best criticism devoted to John Keats to have been written during the second half of the 20th century. Several of his works are analyzed, including Endymion, Hyperion, Lamia, To Autumn, and Ode on Indolence.

This title, John Keats, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of John Keats through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on John Keats, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. ... Read more

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Blends a biography with extracts of major critical essays
John Keats (5934-0, $19.95) adds to the research guides in the 'Major Poets' series, blending a biography with extracts of major critical essays examining the poet's works. New to the Major Short Story Writers series ($19.95 each) is D. H. Lawrence (5947-2) and Henry James (5943-X), which use similar approaches to examine the major themes and ideas of each writer. All are recommended as basic library acquisitions. ... Read more

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A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book and a Washington Post Best of 2008: “A book worthy of Keats—full of feeling and drama and those fleeting moments we call genius.”—Ted Genoways, Washington Post Book WorldJohn Keats’s famous epitaph—”Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water”—helped cement his reputation as the archetype of the genius cut off before his time. In this close narrative study, Stanley Plumly meditates on the chances for poetic immortality, an idea that finds its purest expression in Keats. Incisive in its observations and beautifully written, Posthumous Keats is an ode to an unsuspecting young poet—a man who, against the odds of his culture and critics, managed to achieve the unthinkable: the elevation of the lyric poem to sublime and tragic status. 7 illustrations ... Read more

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Poet on poet
This is a gorgeous book.It is also heartbreaking.Plumly brings to Keats the generosity of heart and the capaciousness of mind ("negative capability," some might call it) required to enter deeply into the late poetry and the astoundingly painful last year of the poet's life.This book is, I think, guaranteed to make you love Keats more and, just possibly, like doctors less!

Should Be Welcomed By Special Interest Readers;Not for the General Reader
"Posthumous Keats" is described as a personal biography, of John Keats, of course, one of the famed English "Romantic Poets" of the early 19th Century, who, in a very short life,gave us such works as "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale," and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci."The book has been authored by Stanley Plumly, a talented, prize-winning poet himself, currently Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.Plumly has won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, the Delmore Schwartz Award, the William Carlos Williams Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among other honors.

Keats was only 25 years old when he died in 1821, after an agonizing year-long struggle with tuberculosis, in Rome, where he'd gone to flee the harsh English winter.He left behind, too, a secret engagement, and an ambivalent relationship, never consummated, with Miss Fanny Brawne.He was almost alone in Rome, little-known and quite poor; but at his death, he did also leave behind several devoted friends, and family members,many in possession of "fair copies" of his best-known poems, and a great deal of insightful correspondence.Their memorialization made his short life, significant work, and hard death the stuff of undying legend.

Plumly has obviously done a great deal of research in creation of this work, and it shows."Posthumous Keats" is full of highly-interesting information, on England, particularly London; and Italy, particularly Rome; as they existed in the 19th century; on the social life and organization of those societies as they then existed, and most particularly on the parlous state of medicine then.Seems like the universal cures were laudanum (an opium derivative) and bleeding, just what a tubercular patient needed.Furthermore, as a poet himself, Plumly is extremely well-qualified to explicate Keats' limited oeuvre.He also has a poetic writing style: in fact, the book's an excellent combination of subject and author.However, it's nearly 400 pages long, and I wouldn't call it easy reading, or particularly accessible.There is no biographical material on the subject per se, I can't think why not: anyone already familiar with the poet's life need not have read it.And just a page or two's worth of introduction would have been most helpful, instead of the teasing little hints about the poet's life that Plumly drops here and there.

Finally, and I know I've gone on about this subject before, but the illustration situation in this book is dire. They are very few, quite small, in muddy black and white, at the heads of chapters. They aren't identified on site; the reader must look to the end of the book to discover their titles; then back to the beginning of the book, to discover their page locations again.And: the illustrations are discussed in the book's text, but nowhere near their actual locations: what general reader is going to look back through the text to find the discussions of the illustrations?

So I'm afraid I can't recommend it for the general reader, which I consider myself to be.I've said it before elsewhere, but it probably bears repetition, in the interests of disclosure; I never have been a great fan of the English Romantic Poets.The required course in this subject caused me to drop the English major at Cornell University, after I'd bought the six required books of poetry, one of them Keats,' to be sure, and realized, once again, that they weren't for me.And during my stay in Rome, I certainly found my way to the Spanish Steps, but, thoughtlessly, never to the house where Keats died, now a museum, in plain view from the site.Still, I was eager to learn more about Keats, his life and work, from this book.And, mind you, I did.But only with a certain amount of difficulty, and not as much as I hoped to. "Posthumous Keats" should be welcomed by special interest readers, but general readers, be warned.

A curious work
I read the Ricks' review of this book in the NY Times and ran to get it. Ricks is the best Tennysonian I have ever read and i respect his work a lot. However, I was a bit perplexed at all the hoo-ha. First, you must come to this work very well-versed in your Keats--both his poetry and his life. So if you have not read (about) Keats, this is not the autobiography for you. That said, Plumly is clearly besotted with his subject matter, and that can be good and bad. His imagistic, tender, subjective musings can also be jarring and confusing. His use of the present tense is pretentious, and sometimes he goes way overboard with his own poetic musings on the poet's feelings about death (all conjectural).

And yet, a lot of this book is compelling simply because of the emotion behind it, the sheer investment. However, if you want to know about Keats' youth, his boyhood, you get almost nothing. The lack of sequence can also be annoying--you are forever returned to that ghastly death-chamber. It gets to be too much. Also, Plumly tries to outdo Keats in terms of the sensuality, the fullness, of his figurations--as if he is competing with the poet. A no-win situation.

So I give a divided review here. i am glad I read this book but do not feel as if igained much knowledge about the poetry or the poet. i did learn a lot about TB and 19th c quackery, however.

A Memorable Death, Honored and Remembered
Maybe because I recall with haunting clarity a visit made years ago to the small apartment above the Spanish Steps in Rome where the 25 year old poet, John Keats, died .... I was moved, engaged and enlightened by this wonderfully-written record of the poet's last days.Plumly's writing is masterly, the information well delivered. A book to enjoy and muse over. Carey Roberts

Plumly Brings John Keats Closer to Us
It's strangely satisfying that it's two poets who have brought John Keats and his immediate world to vivid life.Way back in 1925, Amy Lowell gave us the first well-researched biography of Keats that is still a relevant and great read today.And now poet Stanley Plumly has given us a profound, demythologizing study of Keats's last 18 months and the reactions of his family and friends to his death.

Plumly's volume is an obvious work of love.He writes a straightforward history of Keats's last months, and then muses over the details from different perspectives.He turns a forensic as well as a philosophical eye on the motives and actions of Keats's inner circle of friends, spending considerable time ruminating on the characters and principles of Charles Brown, William Haslam, George Keats, and - of course - Joseph Severn.We see Keats's last days not just as they probably were, but as they must have been.And we see John Keats himself:fragile and anguished, full of vigor, innocence, trustworthiness, incredible talent, and deep, abiding love for Fanny Brawne and life itself.

Plumly's most remarkable accomplishment is his interweaving much of Keats's great odes with the young poet's experiences and literary philosophy.That a youth so inexperienced in life, so poor, and so desperately ill could write what many believe to be the greatest series of odes in English is astounding.I remember being blown away by Keats's odes in my high school English class, and now Stanley Plumly has written a book that explains to me why.

Keats's opening lines of his long poem, Endymion, certainly applies to his own work:

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing." ... Read more

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John Henry: An American Legend
I purchased this book for my grandson.I had used this book in my classroom and enjoyed sharing it with my grandson.He enjoyed the pictures and the story line about this person.

John Henry, Steel Driving Man
This was a good story.It added some life to the charachter that I was trying to portray to my students.

NIGHTLY
My 3 kids request I read this book every night. Its good enough that I don't MIND.

The Genius of Ezra Jack Keats!
Guess which is one of the books I'm using for Black History Month this year?

Illustrations and Words
Jessica Kruczynski English 385.04 Dr. Michelle H. Martin March 29, 2000

Keats, Ezra.John Henry:An American Legend.Toronto, Canada:Random House, Inc, 1965.

John Henry, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, tells the story of a fictitious American legend.Through thepowerful illustrations, Keats portrays John Henry as a heroic man with muchimportance in society.Keats uses bold colors throughout the story, whichhelp stimulate the reader's emotions. John Henry's importance is firstrevealed in the opening of the story.Unusual, marbalized paperillustrations accompany the words that tell of the night noises welcomingJohn Henry into the world.Even as a newborn child, he is the focus of thestory, taking up an entire page in the book. When John Henry realizeshis own strength, he makes the decision to leave his family and go out intothe world.The illustration during this part of the story shows that achange is because of the bright colors and the image of waves rolling intothe next page.When a storm strikes, John Henry's first act of braverycomes into play.Black and grey colors give a feeling that things are notquite right.The storm nearly causes a ship to sink, but John Henry isable to gain respect and admiration from others by bringing their ship tosafety. John Henry, who was born with a hammer in his hand, feelscalled to go help build railroads.The illustration of him helping withthe railroad tracks is much different thtn the other illustrations becauseJohn Henry is not the center of attention.Perhaps the reason for this isbecause helping build the railroad with a hammer in his hand is where JohnHenry belongs. Henry's next opportunity to be the hero occurrs when alit fuse burns closely to dynamite in a cave, causing a very dangeroussituation.Trying to put out the fuse, John Henry first trips and falls,but recovers by putting out the flame with his hammer.In thisillustration, the hammer takes up and entire page!This shows that thehammer and John Henry are of equal importance; without his hammer, he isonly an ordianry man. After proving himself to be a hero, John Henrydevelops a feeling of much confidence in himself.When told about anextremely powerful steam drill, John Henry states that he is more powerfuland can drill more holes faster than six men combined.The illustrationsof Henry's "race" with the machine are very effective in portraying motion. The hammer appears to be moving so fast that it becomes almost a blur. The pictures show how tired John Henry is becoming, and eventhough thesteam drill is ahead of him at one point, he continues to work harder andfaster.With much determination, John Henry picks up another hammer sothat he can get twice as much done.In this illustration, John Henry andthe two hammers take up two pages.Keats uses a bright orange color tooffset Henry and the hammers.The bright color gives a feeling ofexcitement and makes the reader feel confident that John Henry can beat thesteam machine. Througout John Henry's battle with the machine, peoplewatch with admiration.John Henry continued to hammer, even after thesteam machine collapsed.His goal was to break through the tunnel and whenlight began to shine through, everyone saw that his goal was reached.Withhard work and determination, John Henry once again proved himself to be ahero.He died while walking out of the tunnel, carrying not one, but twohammers. ... Read more

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The life of Keats provides a unique opportunity for the study of literary greatness and of what permits or encourages its development. Its interest is deeply human and moral, in the most capacious sense of the words. In this authoritative biography--the first full-length life of Keats in almost forty years--the man and the poet are portrayed with rare insight and sympathy. In spite of a scarcity of factual data for his early years, the materials for Keats's life are nevertheless unusually full. Since most of his early poetry has survived, his artistic development can be observed more closely than is possible with most writers; and there are times during the period of his greatest creativity when his personal as well as his artistic life can be followed week by week.

The development of Keats's poetic craftsmanship proceeds simultaneously with the steady growth of qualities of mind and character. Mr. Bate has been concerned to show the organic relationship between the poet's art and his larger, more broadly humane development. Keats's great personal appeal--his spontaneity, vigor, playfulness, and affection--are movingly recreated; at the same time, his valiant attempt to solve the problem faced by all modern poets when they attempt to achieve originality and amplitude in the presence of their great artistic heritage is perceptively presented.

In discussing this matter, Mr. Bate says, "The pressure of this anxiety and the variety of reactions to it constitute one of the great unexplored factors in the history of the arts since 1750. And in no major poet, near the beginning of the modern era, is this problem met more directly than it is in Keats. The way in which Keats was somehow able, after the age of twenty-two, to confront this dilemma, and to transcend it, has fascinated every major poet who has used the English language since Keats's death and also every major critic since the Victorian era."

Mr. Bate has availed himself of all new biographical materials, published and unpublished, and has used them selectively and without ostentation, concentrating on the things that were meaningful to Keats. Similarly, his discussions of the poetry are not buried beneath the controversies of previous critics. He approaches the poems freshly and directly, showing their relation to Keats's experience and emotions, to premises and values already explored in the biographical narrative. The result is a book of many dimensions, not a restricted critical or biographical study but a fully integrated whole.

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The great Bate
Jackson Bate does literary biography better than anyone. He's a master and not only offers expert insights into Keats' writing but also presents the man and his life in fine detail. After reading the book you feel thankful that Keats had such a powerful interpreter to even things up a little for him. Too late of course to make a difference to Keats but what a treasure for us.

A Stimulating Biography
I have not read this book yet in its entirety, but I dont want to let the foregoing review be the only word on the subject here--I am sorry that reviewer found it "heavy going," I'll testify that I found the thinking in the two chapters I did read, 13 and 16, to be absolutely gripping and provocative, more than enough to cause me to order my own copy of the book.My sense of this work's importance is that of Mr. Tillotson's.

Pretty heavy going
I read this book because it won a Pulitzer Prize, and because I so greatly enjoyed the biographies of Keats by Aileen Ward and by RobertGittings.But I found much of this book tough going.The study of some of the longerpoems simply did not interest me.But the account of Keats' last year isvery well-done and absorbing. ... Read more

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Table of Contents
Poems:
Acrostic
A Dream, after reading Dante's Episode of Paola and Francesca
Addressed to Haydon (I)
Addressed to Haydon (II)
After dark vapours have oppressed our plains
Ah! ken ye what I met the day
All gentle folks who owe a grudge
And what is love? It is a doll dressed up
Apollo to the Graces
As from the darkening gloom a silver dove
A Song About Myself
Bards of Passion and of Mirth
Littell's Living Age- Blue Eyes; or, 'Blue! 'Tis the life of heaven, the domain'
Bright star! would I were as steadfast as thou art 
Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream
Character of Charles Brown
The day is gone, and all its sweets are gone
Endymion. A Poetic Romance
The Eve of St. Agnes
Faery Songs
The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream
Fancy
Fill for me a brimming bowl
Extracts from an Opera
Gif ye wol stonden hardie wight
Give Me Women, Wine and Snuff
God of the meridian
Happy is England! I could be content
Hence burgundy, claret, and port
The Human Seasons
Hyperion. A Fragment
If by dull rhymes our English must be chained
Imitation of Spenser
In drear-nighted December
Isabella. or, The Pot of Basil
I stood tip-toe upon a little hill
Keen, fitful gusts are whispering here and there
La Belle Dame sans Merci. A Ballad
Lamia
Lines on the Mermaid Tavern
Lines on Seeing a Lock of Milton's Hair
Lines Written in the Highlands after a Visit to Burns's Country
Lines Written on 29 May
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Ode on Indolence
Ode on Melancholy
Ode to Apollo
Ode to a Nightingale
Ode to Psyche
O blush not so! O blush not so
O! how I love, on a fair summer's eve
Old Meg she was a gipsy
On Fame
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
On Leaving Some Friends at an Early Hour
On Peace
On Receiving a Curious Shell, and a Copy of Verses, from the Same Ladies
On Seeing the Elgin Marbles
On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again
On the Grasshopper and Cricket
On the Sea
O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell
O thou whose face hath felt the Winter's wind
Over the hill and over the dale
Read me a lesson, Muse, and speak it loud
Song (Hush, hush! tread softly! hush, hush my dear!)
Song (I had a dove and the sweet dove died)
Song (Spirit here that reignest)
Song (Stay, ruby breasted warbler, stay)
Spenser! a jealous honourer of thine
Stay, ruby breasted warbler, stay
This living hand, now warm and capabl
This mortal body of a thousand days
Three Undated Fragments
Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb
To Autumn
To - (I)
To a Young Lady who sent me a Laurel Crown
To Chatterton
To Emma
To George Felton Mathew
To Homer
To Hope
To Kosciusko
To Lord Byron
To Mrs. Reynolds's Cat
To my Brothers
To one who has been long in city pent
To Sleep
To Some Ladies
Two or three posies
Welcome joy, and welcome sorrow
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Where be ye going, you Devon maid?
Where's the Poet? Show him, show him
Why did I laugh tonight?
Woman! when I behold thee flippant, vain
Written on the Day that Mr Leigh Hunt left Prison

Letters:
To John Hamilton Reynolds (March 17th, 1817)
To John Hamilton Reynolds (April 18th, 1817)
To Benjamin Robert Haydon (May 10th, 1817)
To Leigh Hunt (May 10th, 1817)
To Jane Reynolds (September 14th, 1817)
To Jane Reynolds (September 1817)
To Benjamin Bailey (October 10th, 1817)
To Benjamin Bailey (November 22nd, 1817)
To George and Georgiana Keats (October 25th, 1818)
To Richard Woodhouse (October 27th, 1818)
To John Hamilton Reynolds (September 22nd, 1818)
To Fanny Keats (December 20th, 1819)
Other:
Keats on Kean's Shakespearean Acting (1817)

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An immortal of English language poetry
Works of John Keats. 100+ works, includingEndymion, Isabella, La Belle Dame sans Merci, Lamia and other poems, odes, songs and letters. FREE Author's ... version. Published by MobileReference (mobi)

Next to Shakespeare I can not think of a Brittish poet who inspired me more than John Keats. His lyrical phrases, his sense of music and metaphor, and his visionary splendor dazzles one and leaves a reader in awe of his gift. My favorites are the Odes, especially the Ode To Psyche, and the Ode To A Nightingale. One can only wonder what great works might have come into existence from this great literary genius had he lived beyond the age of twenty six. Still, he did manage to distill from the heavens some of the finest poems of the English language.

The definitive edition of the poetry of Keats
Works of John Keats. 100+ works, includingEndymion, Isabella, La Belle Dame sans Merci, Lamia and other poems, odes, songs and letters. FREE Author's ... version. Published by MobileReference (mobi)

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The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats
The possibility to find old books available for purchase on the internet is very wonderful to me, even though I am a librarian, and often read books from libraries. But certain books it is great to own. Therefore, I was happy to find "The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats", dating from 1899, at a very reasonable price, and thanks to Amazon and a very nice bookdealer in US, called Mr Brown. Interesting coincidence, since one of Keats' greatest friends and supporters was also named Brown ;-) So, I am now the happy owner and reader of this great book which came in a beautiful wrapping paper with a very nice card from the bookseller. Many thanks and kind regards, Susanne ... Read more

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Treasury of 30 works, including such favorites as "On first looking into Chapman’s Homer," "The Eve of St. Agnes," "On seeing the Elgin Marbles," "La Belle Dame sans Merci," "Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "To Autumn" and 23 more. Reprinted from a standard text. Alphabetical List of Opening Lines.
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Customer Reviews (4)

Beauty is Truth
Keats is after Shakespeare perhaps the most musically rich of all the English poets. He sees and feels and hears the world in lines of incredible beauty. "Truth is Beauty, Beauty Truth, That is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know." are the lines of Keats which best describe his own work.
This edition contains what are arguably Keats greatest work, the Odes. Their richness may not always be easily understood, but the feeling which runs through them is of art at its most abundantly wondrous.

Great Intro........
......this intro to John Keats is no exception to the Dover Thrift Edition collection of poetry books that introduce readers to certain poets or movements within poetry for a great price. Many of Keats' most famous are included in their entirety here (except for the longer ones such as "Hyperion" and "Lamia"): "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode to a Nightingale", "Isabella", and "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles" for a total of thirty poems. In each, his stunningly beautiful descriptions and amazing lyrics are evident. It becomes evident to the reader why Keats was one of the foremost poets of the Romantic era. My only regret is that this collection doesn't tell us more about the poet himself, which surely would have enriched the experience of his poetry for first time readers.

Good Introduction to the Shorter Poetry of Keats
The poetry of John Keats is a remarkable discovery for the reader unfamiliar with his works. His poetry is timeless. I have read this small Dover edition innumerable times and with each reading I gain further pleasure from his works. I find it almost inconceivable that Keats only lived 25 years. His early death, due in part to an extended hiking tour, is almost without parallel. It is as though Shakespeare had died after producing only a few plays.

The Dover edition, priced only at a dollar, represents much of Keats' better known, shorter poems. They are arranged chronologically (the best are not at the beginning) and illustrate his growth as a poet. If you are new to Keats, I suggest that you skip around, maybe focusing on the shorter poems in the beginning. But don't wait too long to delve into the longer The Eve of St. Agnes.And sample the Odes of Keats, possibly his best lyric poetry.

I found it helpful to make a few notes in the margin for unfamiliar words and expressions, particularly archaic terms. My notes assisted me considerably in second and third readings.

I knew of John Keats, but had not read his poetry. But some time ago I happened to read Perinne's Sound and Sense, an excellent guide to reading poetry, and developed some interest in Keats. You might find this text a useful reference.

I also recommend an audio tape (ISBN 0-8045-0868-2), Treasury of John Keats, read by Robert Spaeight and Robert Edison.The readings are quite exceptional.I especially enjoyed The Eve of St. Agnes.

Lyric Poems Very Sweet and Powerful
Lyric Poems is a small book containig several beautiful writings about the world. It seems to plant ideas and imagination into even the most un-imaginative people. There are a few poems I didn't care for, but don'tlet that stop you from purchasing this book. I liked it (and I'm prettypicky!) ... I bet you'll ike it too! ... Read more

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General and students of nineteenth-century English literature and history. ... Read more

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This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.It brings together a unique combination of Keats's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by a generous selection of Keats's letters - to give the essence of his work and thinking.

In his tragically short life Keats wrote an astonishing number of superb poems; his stature as one of the foremost poets of the Romantic movement remains unassailable.This volume contains all the poetry published during his lifetime, including Endymion in its entirety, the Odes, "Lamia", and both versions of "Hyperion."The poetry is presented in chronological order , illustrating the staggering speed with which Keats's work matured.Further insight into his creative process is given by reproducing, in their original form, a number of poems that were published posthumously.

Keats's letters are admired almost as much as his poetry and were described by T. S. Eliot as "certainly the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet."They provide the best biographical detail available and shed invaluable light on Keats's poems. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

"Arise, good youth, for sacred Phoebus' sake..."
This review is of -John Keats: The Major Works-,
edited by Elizabeth Cook (Oxford World's Classics)
ISBN: 0192840630, 2001, 667 pp.
There are now 3 major editions of the complete poems
of John Keats.Each of them has its own excellencies.
There is the -John Keats: Complete Poems-, edited by
Jack Stillinger (Belknap Press, Harvard) ISBN: 0674154312,
-John Keats: The Complete Poems-, edited by John Barnard
(Penguin Classics) ISBN: 0140422102, and also this
present volume, edited by Elizabeth Cook, ISBN: 0192840630.
A fact which both John Barnard and Elizabeth Cook point out
as editors is their debt, as well as the debt of all Keats
scholars, to Jack Stillinger.As she says in her "Note on
the Text": "In deciding which source text to use I am deeply
indebted to Jack Stillinger who in -The Text of Keats's
Poems- (1974) and in his subsequent edition of Keats's
-Poems- (1978) presents his informed and considered arguments
for and against each transcript and state of text.Prior
to his work editors had frequently created Keats's poems
from a patchwork of different source texts."
The glories of this Oxford Classics edition are the
same as with many of their editions, the fine "Introduction",
the wondrous notes to the poems (pp. 557 - 641), an excellent
selection of "Further Readings", Glossary of Classical
Names, Index of Keats's Correspondents (with much helpful
background information about them), and an Index of Poem
Titles and First Lines.In this volume, there are also
Appendix I, "St. Agnes' Eve" as found in George Keats's
manuscript, and Appendix II, "La Belle Dame sans Mercy",
as printed in the -Indicator-, 10 May 1820.Some editors
and Keats lovers feel the changes that Keats made to
the latter poem to publish in the -Indicator- mar the
wondrous tone and atmosphere, so they print the first
version.
In her "Introduction," Elizabeth Cook stresses several
important aspects of Keats's psyche and his reverences
toward other authors (Spenser and Milton, in particular).
From the side of the aspect of his psyche, she states:
"Keats conceived of history as a process of *actualizing*
the world's sum total of what is knowable and thinkable.
In Stoic fashion he postulates a finite quantity of
world-stuff of which Milton has used up an unfairly
large portion, therby depleting not only his contemporaries,
but posterity [later writers] as well.
* * * He writes with the assumption that a certain quota
of qualities, capacities, and experiences is allotted to
each individual."In relating of Keats's sensitivity,
sense of dedication, and love, she says: "In June 1818,
when one brother, Tom, was dying of tuberculosis and
the other, George, planning to sail with his new bride
for America, Keats wrote to his friend Bailey, 'My Love
for my Brothers from the early loss of our parents and
even for earlier Misfortunes has grown into a affection
"passing the Love of Women"."This was a section of
verse from the Old Testament regarding the love of
Jonathan, King Saul's son, and David, the exiled,
hunted song singer, which Herman Melville was also
attracted to.
The formatting in this edition is very readable,
the font is medium, not small, the layout of the
pages is uncrowded and accessible, so that even with
the longer poems one is not presented with a complicated
task by smaller type.
The excellence of this Oxford edition is the inclusion
of 87 (!) of Keats's letters to various correspondents
(pp. 348 - 543), as well as the prose pieces, "When
Alexandre the Conquerore was wayfayring" (which according
to the Notes was "Composed probably late 1815 while Keats
was a student at Guy's [Hospital].The only source for
this fragment is Walter Cooper Dendy, -The Philosophy of
Mystery- (London, 1841), pp. 99-100 where it is quoted at
the end of a chapter on the pathology of 'Poetic Phantasy
or Frenzy."The other prose pieces are "Keat's Marginalia
to the Shakespeare Folio", "Keats's Marginalia to Milton's
-Paradise Lost-", a piece on "Mr. Kean" [the actor], and
the "Rejected Preface to -Endymion-." Keats's letters are
a very valuable source of information of his views on
poetry as a craft and an avocation, as well as providing
commentary on his times.
The only caution with these large-size Oxford Major
Works is that one should be very careful not to crease
the outside binding, as the pages if not sufficiently
glued, might tend to come apart. Otherwise the Oxford
Classics editons, and this one in particular, are
treasured resources of fine works as well as extremely
helpful scholarship.
-- Robert Kilgore. ... Read more