Selected Letters of John KeatsThe letters of John Keats are, T. S. Eliot remarked, "what letters ought to be; the fine things come in unexpectedly, neither introduced nor shown out, but between trifle and trifle." This new edition, which features four rediscovered letters, three of which are being published here for the first time, affords readers the pleasure of the poet's "trifles" as well as the surprise of his most famous ideas emerging unpredictably. Unlike other editions, this selection includes letters to Keats and among his friends, lending greater perspective to an epistolary portrait of the poet. It also offers a revealing look at his "posthumous existence," the period of Keats's illness in Italy, painstakingly recorded in a series of moving letters by Keats's deathbed companion, Joseph Severn. Other letters by Dr. James Clark, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Richard Woodhouse--omitted from other selections of Keats's letters--offer valuable additional testimony concerning Keats the man. Edited for greater readability, with annotations reduced and punctuation and spelling judiciously modernized, this selection recreates the spontaneity with which these letters were originally written. |
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... book might seem unwarranted . As it is , both of these editions are widely available and will continue to serve the needs of scholars . Perhaps a stronger justification for the present book can be found in the implicit assumption made ...
... book might seem unwarranted . As it is , both of these editions are widely available and will continue to serve the needs of scholars . Perhaps a stronger justification for the present book can be found in the implicit assumption made ...
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... book , and Yale University Press granted permission for me to use it . I am grateful as well to Donald B. Hoffman , whose sponsorship of a yearlong re- search fellowship allowed me valuable release time to devote to this book . A nod ...
... book , and Yale University Press granted permission for me to use it . I am grateful as well to Donald B. Hoffman , whose sponsorship of a yearlong re- search fellowship allowed me valuable release time to devote to this book . A nod ...
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... Books divide among my friends " ( 14 August 1820 ) . And he signs off his final letter to Charles Brown by admitting that he “ al- ways made an awkward bow " ( 30 November 1820 ) , as if even in the end he was trying to close the gap ...
... Books divide among my friends " ( 14 August 1820 ) . And he signs off his final letter to Charles Brown by admitting that he “ al- ways made an awkward bow " ( 30 November 1820 ) , as if even in the end he was trying to close the gap ...
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... romantic literature , a detailed catalog of female ailments that Keats patiently copies from Bur- ton's book and then exuberantly endorses for his brother George : " There's a dose for you - fine !! " Perhaps even more XXX INTRODUCTION.
... romantic literature , a detailed catalog of female ailments that Keats patiently copies from Bur- ton's book and then exuberantly endorses for his brother George : " There's a dose for you - fine !! " Perhaps even more XXX INTRODUCTION.
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... Books I and II of Endymion at Isle of Wight , Margate , Canterbury , Hastings , and Hampstead . Meets Bailey , Brown ... Book IV and the first draft of Endymion . December , meets Wordsworth at Haydon's " immortal dinner . " Writes ...
... Books I and II of Endymion at Isle of Wight , Margate , Canterbury , Hastings , and Hampstead . Meets Bailey , Brown ... Book IV and the first draft of Endymion . December , meets Wordsworth at Haydon's " immortal dinner . " Writes ...
Contents
9 OCTOBER 1816 | 6 |
31 OCTOBER 1816 | 7 |
20 NOVEMBER 1816 | 8 |
17 DECEMBER 1816 | 9 |
17 MARCH 1817 | 11 |
15 APRIL 1817 | 12 |
17 18 APRIL 1817 | 14 |
10 MAY 1817 | 17 |
28 AUGUST 1819 | 327 |
31 AUGUST 1819 | 329 |
5 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 330 |
5 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 331 |
13 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 335 |
19 2O SEPTEMBER 1819 | 336 |
21 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 341 |
21 22 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 344 |
10 11 MAY 1817 | 21 |
16 MAY 1817 | 25 |
10 JUNE 1817 | 26 |
4 SEPTEMBER 1817 | 27 |
SEPTEMBER 1817 | 29 |
10 SEPTEMBER 1817 | 30 |
21 SEPTEMBER 1817 | 33 |
28 SEPTEMBER 1817 | 39 |
8 OCTOBER 1817 | 40 |
2830 OCTOBER 1817 | 43 |
3 NOVEMBER 1817 | 47 |
22 NOVEMBER 1817 | 51 |
22 NOVEMBER 1817 | 55 |
21 27 ? DECEMBER 1817 | 58 |
10 JANUARY 1818 | 68 |
13 19 JANUARY 1818 | 69 |
23 JANUARY 1818 | 71 |
23 JANUARY 1818 | 73 |
23 JANUARY 1818 | 74 |
23 24 JANUARY 1818 | 78 |
30 JANUARY 1818 | 81 |
30 JANUARY 1818 | 84 |
3 FEBRUARY 1818 | 85 |
14 ? FEBRUARY 1818 | 87 |
19 FEBRUARY 1818 | 91 |
21 FEBRUARY 1818 | 93 |
27 FEBRUARY 1818 | 95 |
13 MARCH 1818 | 97 |
14 MARCH 1818 | 100 |
24 MARCH 1818 | 103 |
25 MARCH 1818 | 106 |
8 APRIL 1818 | 110 |
9 APRIL 1818 | 112 |
17 APRIL 1818 | 114 |
24 APRIL 1818 | 115 |
27 APRIL 1818 | 117 |
3 MAY 1818 | 119 |
21 25 MAY 1818 | 125 |
10 JUNE 1818 | 127 |
2527 JUNE 1818 | 129 |
27 28 JUNE 1818 | 134 |
29 JUNE 1 2 JULY 1818 | 137 |
2 3 5 JULY 1818 | 141 |
3 5 7 9 JULY 1818 | 147 |
11 13 JULY 1818 | 151 |
10 11 13 14 JULY 1818 | 155 |
17 l8 20 21 JULY 1818 | 161 |
18 22 JULY 1818 | 165 |
23 26 JULY 1818 | 170 |
3 6 AUGUST 1818 | 176 |
6 AUGUST 1818 | 182 |
19 AUGUST 1818 | 184 |
2O 21 SEPTEMBER 1818 | 186 |
22 ? SEPTEMBER 1818 | 188 |
8 OCTOBER 1818 | 189 |
26 OCTOBER 1818 | 190 |
27 OCTOBER 1818 | 191 |
14 16 21 24 31 OCTOBER 1818 | 193 |
24 NOVEMBER 1818 | 206 |
22 DECEMBER 1818 | 207 |
1819 | 210 |
10 ? JANUARY 1819 | 235 |
11 FEBRUARY 1819 | 236 |
18 ? FEBRUARY 1819 | 238 |
27 FEBRUARY 1819 | 239 |
8 MARCH 1819 | 240 |
13 MARCH 1819 | 241 |
29 MARCH 1819 | 243 |
31 MARCH 1819 | 244 |
12 APRIL 1819 | 246 |
13 APRIL 1819 | 247 |
1 MAY ? 1819 | 249 |
14 19 FEBRUARY 3 ? 12 13 17 19 MARCH 15 16 21 30 APRIL 3 4 MAY 1819 | 251 |
31 MAY 1819 | 298 |
9 JUNE 1819 | 300 |
9 JUNE 1819 | 302 |
17 JUNE 1819 | 303 |
17 JUNE 1819 | 304 |
1 JULY 1819 | 305 |
6 JULY 1819 | 307 |
8 JULY 1819 | 309 |
11 JULY 1819 | 311 |
15 ? JULY 1819 | 312 |
25 JULY 1819 | 314 |
31 JULY 1819 | 316 |
5 6 AUGUST 1819 | 318 |
14 AUGUST 18191 | 320 |
l6 AUGUST 1819 | 321 |
23 AUGUST 1819 | 324 |
24 AUGUST 1819 | 326 |
22 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 350 |
22 SEPTEMBER 18191 | 352 |
23 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 355 |
17 l8 2O 21 24 25 27 SEPTEMBER 1819 | 356 |
1 OCTOBER 1819 | 382 |
3 OCTOBER 1819 | 383 |
11 OCTOBER 1819 | 386 |
13 OCTOBER 1819 | 387 |
19 OCTOBER 1819 | 388 |
26 ? OCTOBER 1819 | 389 |
2 NOVEMBER 1819 | 390 |
15 NOVEMBER 1819 | 391 |
17 NOVEMBER 1819 | 392 |
DECEMBER 1819 | 393 |
2O DECEMBER 1819 | 394 |
1820 | 398 |
4 ? FEBRUARY l82O | 408 |
6 FEBRUARY 1820 | 409 |
8 FEBRUARY 1820 | 410 |
10 ? FEBRUARY 182O | 411 |
FEBRUARY ? 182O | 412 |
14 FEBRUARY 1820 | 413 |
FEBRUARY ? 182O | 414 |
FEBRUARY ? 1820 | 415 |
14 16 FEBRUARY 1820 | 416 |
FEBRUARY ? 1820 | 417 |
FEBRUARY ? 1820 | 418 |
FEBRUARY ? 1820 | 419 |
24 ? FEBRUARY 1820 | 420 |
27 ? FEBRUARY 1820 | 421 |
28 FEBRUARY 1820 | 422 |
28 ? FEBRUARY 1820 | 423 |
1 MARCH ? 1820 | 424 |
4 MARCH 1820 | 425 |
MARCH ? 1820 | 426 |
MARCH ? 1820 | 427 |
MARCH ? 1820 | 428 |
MARCH ? 1820 | 429 |
MARCH ? 1820 | 430 |
MARCH ? 1820 | 431 |
2O MARCH 182O | 432 |
MARCH ? 182O | 433 |
24 ? MARCH 1820 | 434 |
1 APRIL 1820 | 435 |
12 APRIL 1820 | 436 |
21 APRIL 1820 | 437 |
4 MAY 1820 | 438 |
MAY ? 1820 | 439 |
JUNE ? l82O | 441 |
11 ? JUNE 1820 | 443 |
ABOUT 21 JUNE 1820 | 444 |
23 JUNE 1820 | 446 |
5 JULY ? 1820 | 447 |
5 JULY 1820 | 449 |
12 ? JULY 1820 | 450 |
22 JULY 1820 | 451 |
27 JULY 1820 | 452 |
AUGUST ? 1820 | 454 |
13 AUGUST 1820 | 455 |
13 AUGUST 1820 | 456 |
13 ? AUGUST 1820 | 457 |
14 AUGUST 1820 | 458 |
14 AUGUST 1820 | 459 |
16 AUGUST 1820 | 460 |
AUGUST ? 1820 | 462 |
23 AUGUST 1820 | 463 |
11 SEPTEMBER 1820 | 464 |
19 SEPTEMBER 1820 | 465 |
21 SEPTEMBER 1820 | 467 |
3O SEPTEMBER l82O | 471 |
22 OCTOBER 1820 | 473 |
24 ? OCTOBER 1820 | 474 |
1 2 NOVEMBER 1820 | 476 |
1 2 NOVEMBER 1820 | 478 |
27 NOVEMBER 1820 | 481 |
3O NOVEMBER 1820 | 482 |
14 17 DECEMBER 1820 | 484 |
24 DECEMBER 1820 | 487 |
1821 | 492 |
3 JANUARY 1821 | 494 |
11 JANUARY 1821 | 495 |
15 JANUARY 1821 | 498 |
25 26 JANUARY 1821 | 501 |
22 FEBRUARY 1821 | 504 |
6 MARCH 1821 | 507 |
18 March 1821 | 509 |
5 MAY 1821 | 510 |
INDEX | 514 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abbey affectionate Brother John B. R. HAYDON beautiful Bedhampton Ben Nevis Benjamin Bailey Book call'd Charles Brown copy dear Fanny dear Reynolds death delight Dilke dined endeavour Endymion eyes Fanny Brawne Fanny Keats February feel friend John Keats George Georgiana give Hampstead happy Hazlitt hear heard heart Hessey hope Hunt Hunt's Isle of Wight J. H. Reynolds John Taylor Joseph Severn July Lady leave Leigh Hunt live Loch Awe look Miles mind Miss morning Mother Mountains never night perhaps pleasant pleasure Poem Poet Poetry Portpatrick remember Rice seen Shakespeare Sister Sonnet soon sort soul speak spirits sweet talk Teignmouth tell thee thing thou thought tion Tom Keats tomorrow Town walk Walthamstow Wentworth Place William Haslam wish Woodhouse word Wordsworth write written wrote Wylie yesterday