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John Keats : A New Life

Door Nicholas Roe

Categorie
Secundair
Boeknummer
#348288-VC37
Titel
John Keats : A New Life
Auteur
Roe, Nicholas
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New Haven/London : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2012
ISBN10
0300124651
ISBN13
9780300124651
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting


This landmark biography of celebrated Romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate, overly sensitive, tragic figure. Instead, Nicholas Roe reveals the real flesh-and-blood poet: a passionate man driven by ambition but prey to doubt, suspicion, and jealousy; sure of his vocation while bitterly resentful of the obstacles that blighted his career; devoured by sexual desire and frustration; and in thrall to alcohol and opium. Through unparalleled original research, Roe arrives at a fascinating reassessment of Keats's entire life, from his early years at Keats's Livery Stables through his harrowing battle with tuberculosis and death at age 25. Zeroing in on crucial turning points, Roe finds in the locations of Keats's poems new keys to the nature of his imag... (Lees verder)inative quest.

Roe is the first biographer to provide a full and fresh account of Keats's childhood in the City of London and how it shaped the would-be poet. The mysterious early death of Keats's father, his mother's too-swift remarriage, living in the shadow of the notorious madhouse Bedlam? all these affected Keats far more than has been previously understood. The author also sheds light on Keats's doomed passion for Fanny Brawne, his circle of brilliant friends, hitherto unknown City relatives, and much more. Filled with revelations and daring to ask new questions, this book now stands as the definitive volume on one of the most beloved poets of the English language.
Pagina's
446
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 17,95

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