Life of John Keats: His Life and Poetry, His Friends, Critics and After-FameColvin, Sidney
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Life of John Keats: His Life and Poetry, His Friends, Critics and After-Fame
Colvin, Sidney
Keats, John, 1795-1821; Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I PAGE
1795-1815: BIRTH AND PARENTAGE: SCHOOLDAYS AND APPRENTICESHIP 1
CHAPTER II
OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS:
LEIGH HUNT 27
CHAPTER III
WINTER 1816-1817: HAYDON: OTHER NEW FRIENDSHIPS: THE DIE CAST
FOR POETRY 59
CHAPTER IV
THE 'POEMS' OF 1817 85
CHAPTER V
APRIL-DECEMBER 1817: WORK ON _ENDYMION_ 130
CHAPTER VI
_ENDYMION._--I. THE STORY: ITS SOURCES, PLAN, AND SYMBOLISM 164
CHAPTER VII
_ENDYMION._--II. THE POETRY: ITS QUALITIES AND AFFINITIES 206
CHAPTER VIII
DECEMBER 1817-JUNE 1818: HAMPSTEAD AND TEIGNMOUTH: EMIGRATION
OF GEORGE KEATS 242
CHAPTER IX
JUNE-AUGUST 1818: THE SCOTTISH TOUR 272
CHAPTER X
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1818: BLACKWOOD AND THE QUARTERLY: DEATH OF
TOM KEATS 297
CHAPTER XI
DECEMBER 1818-JUNE 1819: KEATS AND BROWN HOUSE-MATES: FANNY
BRAWNE: WORK AND IDLENESS 321
CHAPTER XII
JUNE 1819-JANUARY 1820: SHANKLIN, WINCHESTER, HAMPSTEAD: TROUBLE
AND HEALTH FAILURE 358
CHAPTER XIII
WORK OF 1818, 1819.--I. THE ACHIEVEMENTS 385
CHAPTER XIV
WORK OF 1818, 1819.--II. THE FRAGMENTS AND EXPERIMENTS 424
CHAPTER XV
FEBRUARY-AUGUST 1820: HAMPSTEAD AND KENTISH TOWN: PUBLICATION
OF _LAMIA_ VOLUME 455
CHAPTER XVI
AUGUST 1820-FEBRUARY 1821: VOYAGE TO ITALY: LAST DAYS AND DEATH
AT ROME 485
CHAPTER XVII
EPILOGUE 513
APPENDIX 551
INDEX 559
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATE PAGE
I. HEAD OF KEATS _Frontispiece_
From a posthumous oil painting by Joseph Severn in the
possession of the Marquis of Crewe, K.G.
II. PORTRAIT OF JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT 46
From an engraving by Mayer after a drawing by J. Hayter.
III. PORTRAIT OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON 62
From an engraving by Thomson after Haydon.
IV. LIFE-MASK OF KEATS 144
From an electrotype in the National Portrait Gallery.
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