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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1973, this study of John Keats established a frame of reference for the reading of Keats's works which was rooted in mainstream criticism, but which also pointed the way towards the new deconstructive and revisionary approaches of criticism used today.
Trade Review"A book of great and possibly final importance in Keats studies... "--The Times Literary Supplement "Among comprehensive critical studies of the past twenty years, Stuart M. Sperry's Keats the Poet has been a standard reference, rooted in mainstream criticism but pointing the way to much that became central in the revisionary criticism of the years since its publication."--Walter H. Evert and Jack W. Rhodes, MLA
Table of ContentsPreface1A Poetry of Sensation32The Chemistry of the Poetic Process303The Early Verse724The Allegory of Endymion905The Epistle to John Hamilton Reynolds1176The Northern Walking Tour1327The First Hyperion1558Romance as Wish Fulfillment: The Eve of St. Agnes1989From The Eve of Saint Mark to "La Belle Dame sans Merci"22110Romantic Irony: The Great Odes of the Spring24211Comic Irony: Lamia29212Tragic Irony: The Fall of Hyperion310Epilogue. "To Autumn"336Afterword (1994)343Index347
