The Odes (Complete Edition) by John Keats

The Odes (Complete Edition) by John Keats

In The Odes (Complete Edition), John Keats presents a remarkable collection that explores themes of beauty, transience, and the interplay between the ideal and the real. Written in a lyrical style characterized by rich imagery and emotional depth, the odes are both personal and universal. Each poem reflects Keats's Romantic sensibilities, immersing readers in profound contemplation of nature, love, and mortality. The odes are masterpieces of structure and sound, employing intricate rhyme schemes and meter to evoke potency in their philosophical inquiries, marking a pinnacle of English Romantic poetry. John Keats, born in 1795, was deeply influenced by the tumultuous context of the early 19th century, shaping his understanding of art as a means to grapple with the profound uncertainties of existence. His tumultuous personal life, including the loss of family members and struggles with ill health, imbues his poetry with a sense of urgency and introspection. Keats's belief in the connection between beauty and truth serves as a foundational aspect of his work, and the odes represent the culmination of his poetic journey towards understanding the ephemeral nature of life. The Odes (Complete Edition) is highly recommended for readers seeking a transformative literary experience that elevates the ordinary to the extraordinary. Keats's exploration of existential themes resonates with contemporary audiences, while his exquisite language invites close reading and re-engagement. This collection is an essential read for anyone invested in the power of poetry to capture the complexities of human emotion and experience.

John Keats was born in Moorfields in October 1795, the son of a livery stable manager. His father died of TB in 1804 and his mother in 1810. He had gotten a good education at John Clarke's Enfield private school by that time. He began his professional training as an apprentice to a surgeon in 1811 and completed it at Guy's Hospital in 1816. His decision to devote himself to poetry rather than a medical profession was bold, based more on a personal challenge than any genuine achievement. Early Mends like Charles Cowden Clarke and J.

H.Reynolds, and he met Leigh Hunt, whose Examiner had already published Keats' first poem, in October 1816. Poems (1817) was published only seven months later. Despite the Hunt circle's great hopes, it was a flop. By the time Endymion was published in 1818, Keats' name had become synonymous with Hunt's Cockney School, and the Conservative Blackwood's Magazine attacked him as a lower-class vulgarian who had no right to aspire to 'poetry.'

Yet, Keats' fame was based on posterity rather than contemporary literary politics. His inspiration and challenge came from Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth. From his letters, it is clear that Keats matured at an incredible rate. He wrote The Eve of St Agnes, La Belle Dame sans Merci, The Major Odes, Lamia, and the deeply exploratory Fall of Hyperion in 1819, after working on the magnificent epic fragment Hyperion in 1818.

Whilst preparing the 1820 book for the press, Keats was already ailing, and by the time it was published in July, he was very ill. In 1821, he died in Rome. Although Keats' final volume received considerable critical acclaim at the time, it wasn't until the later half of the nineteenth century that his place in English Romanticism became clear, and it wasn't until this century that it was fully realized.

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ISBN 13	9788026890843
ISBN 10	8026890841
Title	The Odes (Complete Edition)
Author	John Keats
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	e-artnow
Year published	2018-12-13
Number of pages	314
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