This is the ideal student guide to one of the central figures of English Romanticism. It brings together texts and documents to provide a gateway to an understanding of Keats's life and his work in context, and includes: *a chronology of Keats's brief but crowded life *contemporary documents, including letters by the poet *early critical reception and twentieth century criticism. Carefully annotated texts of Keats's most widely studied poems and suggestions for further reading complete the volume.
Author Biography
John Strachan is Reader in Romantic Literature at the University of Sunderland. He has published widely on Romantic literature, including the five-volume edition of Parodies of the Romantic Age, co-edited with Graeme Stones (1999).
