The Letters of John Keats (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Keats
- First Published: 1848
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, History, Letters
- Subjects: Values, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Literature, Friendship, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Romanticism, Shakespeare, William, or Shakespearean plays
Critical Evaluation:
The letters of John Keats begin in 1816 and end with his death in 1821. They are very much a personal record, so much so that their publication in the nineteenth century occasioned notable critical hostility. The Victorians were shocked by these letters. Men like Matthew Arnold and even Algernon Swinburne stated that they were too emotional, and should not be presented to public view. Modern criticism has taken a completely different viewpoint; the love letters are acknowledged to be among the greatest of their kind and the passages on criticism are now...
[The entire page is 1453 words long]
