The Challenge of Keats: Bicentenary Essays 1795-1995Allan C. Christensen Two centuries after his birth in October 1795, John Keats occupies a secure place in the canon of great literature of the western world. But for much of the nineteenth century and even during periods of the twentieth century, his right to such a position was not so firmly established. On the bicentenary of Keats's birth, various Italian scholars, along with specialists from English-speaking countries, decided to take advantage of the occasion not only to render homage to a poet whose greatness now seems unchallenged but also to accept his continuing challenge to his readers. The contributors to this volume re-examine some of the harshest criticisms of Keats, from Byron onwards, and some of the unconditional exaltations of the poet in order to discover possible sites between the two for new critical impulses and fertile re-evaluations of his achievement. Under five headings - Romantic Truth, Textual Readings, History and Myth, Keats and Other Poets and Painting and Music - the essays in this book appraise the historical-cultural contexts that nurtured Keats's creativity; discuss the influences and interrelationships among Keats and other poets; and consider Keats's artistry as revealed in the analyses of particular texts. |
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... Hyperion and Dante's Purgatorio 209 LILLA MARIA CRISAFULLI JONES Shelley's Keats 219 MARIAGRAZIA BELLORINI " What Porridge Had John Keats ? " : The Brownings ' Keats 237 ALEX R. FALZON Wilde and Keats : La Donnée 249 ENRICO REGGIANI ...
... Hyperion and Dante's Purgatorio 209 LILLA MARIA CRISAFULLI JONES Shelley's Keats 219 MARIAGRAZIA BELLORINI " What Porridge Had John Keats ? " : The Brownings ' Keats 237 ALEX R. FALZON Wilde and Keats : La Donnée 249 ENRICO REGGIANI ...
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... Hyperion , is that of the poet's terror in discovering his own identity precisely in his love for flawed and mortal beauty . Despite this , Keats's poetry bravely faces the identity crisis . Death , it implies , is less awful than the ...
... Hyperion , is that of the poet's terror in discovering his own identity precisely in his love for flawed and mortal beauty . Despite this , Keats's poetry bravely faces the identity crisis . Death , it implies , is less awful than the ...
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... Hyperion proves the extent to which this change took place , allowing Keats's narrative poetry to free itself from " the spirit of Milton which had haunted the earlier poem " . Lilla Maria Crisafulli Jones discusses the fruitful but ...
... Hyperion proves the extent to which this change took place , allowing Keats's narrative poetry to free itself from " the spirit of Milton which had haunted the earlier poem " . Lilla Maria Crisafulli Jones discusses the fruitful but ...
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... Hyperion . When he is writing successfully his imitations correspond to the classic formulation of Ben Jonson : imitation is not copying a style's superficial mannerisms but recreating its essential qualities in new terms . " Spenser is ...
... Hyperion . When he is writing successfully his imitations correspond to the classic formulation of Ben Jonson : imitation is not copying a style's superficial mannerisms but recreating its essential qualities in new terms . " Spenser is ...
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... Hyperion , I 207- 208 ) . If we are to seek the word's inflection outside Keats's own work then Shelley provides more obviously comparable uses . Ahasuerus in Queen Mab , the condemned but Shelleyan opponent of God the Father , is a ...
... Hyperion , I 207- 208 ) . If we are to seek the word's inflection outside Keats's own work then Shelley provides more obviously comparable uses . Ahasuerus in Queen Mab , the condemned but Shelleyan opponent of God the Father , is a ...
Contents
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DENNIS HASKELL | 27 |
MORAG HARRIS | 41 |
NICHOLAS | 61 |
VANNA GENTILI | 79 |
CHRISTENSEN | 179 |
VALENTINA POGGI | 186 |
ROBINSON | 195 |
PETER VASSALLO | 209 |
LILLA MARIA CRISAFULLI JONES | 219 |
MARIAGRAZIA BELLORINI | 237 |
ALEX R FALZON | 249 |
ENRICO REGGIANI | 257 |
JOHNSON | 95 |
ANNA MARIA PIGLIONICA | 113 |
MICHAEL ONEILL | 125 |
LUISA CONTI CAMAIORA | 161 |
Prohibition of Desire | 277 |
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | 303 |
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