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John Keats was born in London in living quarters connected with his maternal grandfather's livery stable, the Swan and Hoop Inn, on October 31, 1795. He was the eldest of five children (one of whom died in infancy) begot by Thomas and Frances Jennings Keats. His father was the chief hostler at the Swan and Hoop, and the family prospered. The boy was eight years old when Thomas Keats was killed in a riding accident; the next year, in 1805, Keats's grandfather died. When the future poet was fourteen, his mother (after an unsuccessful remarriage) succumbed to tuberculosis. By then, however... Read More
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Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2001
Price: $16.00
'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a... Read more >
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Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: April 26, 1994
Price: $21.00
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Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1994
Price: $13.50
These Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover editions are popular for their compact size and reasonable price which do not compromise content. Poems: Keats contains a full selection of Keats's work, including his lyric poems, narrative poems, letters, and an index of first lines. Read more >
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Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1992
Price: $22.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
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Format: eBook
On Sale: July 22, 2009
Price: $16.00
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Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $21.00
'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a... Read more >
