Vendler, H
The Odes of John Keats (Belknap Press) (Belknap Press)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674630765
- author:
- Vendler, H
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1985
- Pages:
- 344
- Genre:
- Literature: Texts
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Odes of John Keats by Helen Vendler A landmark study of Keats's six great odes, this book reconstructs the magnificent architecture of his poetry, beam by beam. Composed in just a few months in 1819, the odes mark the high point of Keats's literary career, forming a group of works that embody the English language. Vendler's reading masterfully reveals how each ode builds upon and contradicts the one that came before it, expressing Keats's sustained inquiry into the nature of creativity. From the fruitless revery of "Ode on Indolence" to the final triumph of lyric poetry in "To Autumn", each ode advances tentative theses about the relationship between truth, beauty, and sensory experience. Through its exquisite attention to Keats's "many languages", this book achieves criticism's highest aim: keeping these poems "forever warm and still to be enjoy'd".
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