'Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a soul?' Keats's letters have long been regarded as an extraordinary record of poetic development and sout-making. They represent one of the most sustained reflections on the poet's art we have from any of the major English poets. Yet quite apart from the light they throw on the poetry, they are great works of literature in their own right. Written with gusto and occasionally painful candour, they show a powerful intelligence struggling to come to terms with its own mortality. Sometimes bitterly jealous in love and socially and financially insecure, at others playful and confident of his own greatness, Keats interweaves his personal plight with the history of a Britain emerging from the long years of the Napoleonic Wars into a world of political unrest, profound social change, and commercial expansion. This selection of 170 letters, written between 1816 and 1820, includes a new introduction and notes by Jon Mee explaining both the personal and political contexts that brought them to life. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780199555734
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88401621
Product Key Features
Book Title
Selected Letters
Author
Jon Mee, John Keats
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
195mm
Item Width
128mm
Item Weight
327g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jon Mee, John Keats
Series Title
Oxford World's Classics
Editor
Robert Gittings
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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