Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories

Mizukoshi, Ayumi

This book tackles the age-old interpretative problem of 'pleasure' in Keat's poetry by placing him in the context of the liberal, leisured and luxurious culture of Hunt's circle. Challenging the standard narrative which attribute Keat's astonishing poetic development to his separation from Hunt, the author cogently argues that Keats, profoundly imbued with Hunt's bourgeois ethic and aesthetic, remained a poet of sensuous pleasure through to the end of his short career.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-03-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333929582

DOI: 10.1057/9780230285903

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 228