KEATS

Outstanding... The best short introduction I have come across Sunday TimesWhen he died at the age of just twenty-five, few imagined John Keats would one day be considered among the greatest poets of all time.Taking nine of Keatss best-known poems, Lucasta Miller excavates their backstories and, in doing so, resurrects the real Keats: an outsider from a damaged family whose visceral love of language allowed him to change the face of English literature for ever.Combining close-up readings with the story of his brief existence, Miller shows us how Keats crafted his groundbreaking poetry and explains why it continues to speak to us across the centuries.One never wants Keatss life to end so soon: I didnt want this book to end, either TLS Books of the YearIrresistible... [Miller]digs into the backstories of her subjects most famous poems to uncover aspects of his life and work that challenge well-worn romantic myths Wall Street Journal