Keats: Isabella; or, the Pot of Basil, The Eve of St Agnes, Lamia and La Belle Dame sans Merci

Keats' work was often discussed witheringly by the more well-to-do, conservative reviewers of the time: "his nonsense ... Is quite gratuitous; he writes for his own sake ... "

This study of four poems - Isabella; or, the Pot of Basil, The Eve of St Agnes, Lamia and La Belle Dame sans Merci - celebrates Keats' genius as a narrative poet. It shows that the difference between the class-bound, well-schooled critics and the humanistic spirit in which Keats wrote is night and day.

About the author:

Andrew Keanie gained his doctorate in a study of Wordsworth. He teaches at the University of Ulster and is a poet and musician. He is the author of other Greenwich Exchange titles on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron and the Lyrical Ballads.

46  pages

ISBN: 978-1-906075-27-9