John Keats, John Keats
John Keats, John Keats
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John Keats

Author: John Keats

Narrator: Samuel West, and Michael Sheen

Unabridged: 1 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 11/26/2007

Synopsis

Naxos AudioBooks continues its new series of Great Poets – represented by a collection of their most popular poems on one CD – with John Keats. Although this man had a short life, he produced a series of outstanding poems – many of which appeared first in letters to his sister. He was largely unappreciated during his lifetime, and died in Rome at the age of 26. Most of his 150 poems were written in just nine extraordinary months in 1819. This selection contains some of his finest works, the principal Odes, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, Old Meg and Much Have I Travelled.

About John Keats

John Keats (1795–1821) was an English romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death. During his life, his poems were not generally well received by critics; however, after his death, his reputation grew to the extent that by the end of the nineteenth century he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets. He has had a significant influence on a diverse range of later poets and writers. His poetry is characterized by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. Today his poems and letters are some of the most popularly read and analyzed.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Praveen on December 25, 2016

It is said that the poem "To Autumn" marks the end of poetic career of Keats. He died at 25, writing poetry for only about 5 odd years. But I think he wrote enough, to exist in the hearts of poetry lovers world wide, forever. A collection of wonderfully composed, natural, sensual and emotional imagery......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 31, 2018

I have a true soft spot for the Romantics, and Keats especially. His poems manage to be both beautifully structured at the same time they're achingly full of feeling. It's quite a dizzying combination.......more

Goodreads review by Ulysse on October 30, 2024

Ah to be seventeen and in love for the first time, reading Keats. Outside the wind blows and animals cower in the restless undergrowth. The moon runs naked across the grass. And through the wall you can hear François the goalie snoring, his big belly perched so high above his sleeping head his dream......more

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