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John Keats; His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame

By Sidney Colvin

2020-02-28 01:52:27

From the Preface: To the name and work of Keats our best critics and scholars have in recent years paid ever closer attention and warmer homage. But their studies have for the most part been specialized and scattered, and there does not yet exist any ... Read more
From the Preface: To the name and work of Keats our best critics and scholars have in recent years paid ever closer attention and warmer homage. But their studies have for the most part been specialized and scattered, and there does not yet exist any one book giving a full and connected account of his life and poetry together in the light of our present knowledge and with help of all the available material. Ever since it was my part, some thirty years ago, to contribute the volume on Keats to the series of short studies edited by Lord Morley, (the English Men of Letters series), I have hoped one day to return to the subject and do my best to supply this want. Once released from official duties, I began to prepare for the task, and through the last soul-shaking years, being overage for any effectual war-service, have found solace and occupation in carrying it through. Less

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File size1645.335 KB
Print pages648
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781410212412
Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 – 11 May 1927) was an English curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He is primarily remembered for his friendship w...

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