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John Keats

Selected Poems

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John Keats

By: John Keats
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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 One of the most distinctive periods in English poetry was the age of Romanticism, a movement which rebelled against the neoclassical forms and celebrated the imagination as a spiritual force. John Keats was a prominent shaper of this new movement, and as such, he was not without his critics. "I think I shall be among the English poets after my death," he soberly prophesied. Indeed, in 1821 Keats suffered an early tragic death from tuberculosis at the age of 25, but today is recognized as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses.

Unlike Shelley, Keats was not a political poet; his prime passion was for art. His muse was the goddess of beauty and truth, and his worship of her found its finest expression in his immortal odes, which stand unique in literature, unexcelled in perfection.

Public Domain (P)1992 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics European Poetry World Literature Classic Poetry

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"Davidson's renderings are marvelous and unexpected." ( AudioFile)
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Such poetic words and romantic and vivid imagery. A classic. Inspirational and moving. Beautiful and melancholy too.

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