Written in Water by Alessandro Gallenzi
A first biography to provide a full and fresh account of Keat's journey to Naples and Rome until his death. Filled with revelations, it will invite us to strip away the Romantic patina that has formed over the story of Keats's short life, offering a wider picture that enhances our understanding of both poet and man.
Enthralling and original.. Gallenzi’s meticulous commitment to his subject shines through. Although he presents himself as something of an embattled outsider, he is working within, and contributing to, a long tradition of Keats scholarship. There’s no doubt that all Keatsians will appreciate the new details and insights he adds to our picture of the poet’s last five months. -- Lucasta Miller * The Spectator *
Superbly researched… crisply written… a work of vivid and absorbing scholarship, [which] serves as a stringent corrective to the mass of lazy scholarship that proliferates on Keats by the day. Anyone interested in Rome and the Romantic poets will gain much from reading it. Terrific. -- Ian Thomson * The Tablet *
Anyone who relishes the chance to spend a little more time with John Keats (I’m one) will find this an affecting read. -- Suzi Feay * he London Magazine *
Focusing on the last five months of John Keats's life, and proceeding with solid method and original research, Alessandro Gallenzi's biography of the poet extends, without stretching, our knowledge of his 'posthumous existence'. Old beliefs are dismissed and new discoveries are made, which raise more questions. An indispensable work of scholarship – and a great read too. -- Dr Luca Caddia * Keats-Shelley House, Rome *
His integrity as a researcher is a welcome addition to scholarship. -- Christy Edwall * TLS *
Every single fragment of primary knowledge we had is expanded into a coherent narrative in which facts are ascertained and minor characters brought to life * The Keats-Shelley Review *
Written in Water provides a long overdue vetting of the available evidence as well as unearthing new facts and it is sure to become an indispensable resource for future Keats biographers and scholars. * European Romantic Review *
Superbly researched… crisply written… a work of vivid and absorbing scholarship, [which] serves as a stringent corrective to the mass of lazy scholarship that proliferates on Keats by the day. Anyone interested in Rome and the Romantic poets will gain much from reading it. Terrific. -- Ian Thomson * The Tablet *
Anyone who relishes the chance to spend a little more time with John Keats (I’m one) will find this an affecting read. -- Suzi Feay * he London Magazine *
Focusing on the last five months of John Keats's life, and proceeding with solid method and original research, Alessandro Gallenzi's biography of the poet extends, without stretching, our knowledge of his 'posthumous existence'. Old beliefs are dismissed and new discoveries are made, which raise more questions. An indispensable work of scholarship – and a great read too. -- Dr Luca Caddia * Keats-Shelley House, Rome *
His integrity as a researcher is a welcome addition to scholarship. -- Christy Edwall * TLS *
Every single fragment of primary knowledge we had is expanded into a coherent narrative in which facts are ascertained and minor characters brought to life * The Keats-Shelley Review *
Written in Water provides a long overdue vetting of the available evidence as well as unearthing new facts and it is sure to become an indispensable resource for future Keats biographers and scholars. * European Romantic Review *
Alessandro Gallenzi is the founder of Alma Books and the successor of John Calder at the helm of Calder Publications. As well as being a literary publisher with twenty years of experience, he is a prize-winning translator, a poet, a playwright and a novelist. He edited John Keats's Complete Poems for Alma in 2019 and he has recently published a translation of Keats's Letters (La valle dell'anima) with Adelphi.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846884696 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846884691 |
| Title | Written in Water |
| Author | Alessandro Gallenzi |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alma Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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