{"product_id":"2940157793302","title":"Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by John Keats","description":"Of all the great poets of the early nineteenth century--Wordsworth,\u003cbr\u003eColeridge, Scott, Byron, Shelley, Keats--John Keats was the last born\u003cbr\u003eand the first to die. The length of his life was not one-third that of\u003cbr\u003eWordsworth, who was born twenty-five years before him and outlived him\u003cbr\u003eby twenty-nine. Yet before his tragic death at twenty-six Keats had\u003cbr\u003eproduced a body of poetry of such extraordinary power and promise that\u003cbr\u003ethe world has sometimes been tempted, in its regret for what he might\u003cbr\u003ehave done had he lived, to lose sight of the superlative merit of what\u003cbr\u003ehe actually accomplished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe three years of his poetic career, during which he published three\u003cbr\u003esmall volumes of poetry, show a development at the same time rapid and\u003cbr\u003esteady, and a gradual but complete abandonment of almost every fault and\u003cbr\u003eweakness. It would probably be impossible, in the history of literature,\u003cbr\u003eto find such another instance of the 'growth of a poet's mind'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last of these three volumes, which is here reprinted, was published\u003cbr\u003ein 1820, when it 'had good success among the literary people and . . . a\u003cbr\u003emoderate sale'. It contains the flower of his poetic production and is\u003cbr\u003eperhaps, altogether, one of the most marvellous volumes ever issued from\u003cbr\u003ethe press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in spite of the maturity of Keats's work when he was twenty-five, he\u003cbr\u003ehad been in no sense a precocious child. Born in 1795 in the city of\u003cbr\u003eLondon, the son of a livery-stable keeper, he was brought up amid\u003cbr\u003esurroundings and influences by no means calculated to awaken poetic\u003cbr\u003egenius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was the eldest of five--four boys, one of whom died in infancy, and a\u003cbr\u003egirl younger than all; and he and his brothers George and Tom were\u003cbr\u003eeducated at a private school at Enfield. Here John was at first\u003cbr\u003edistinguished more for fighting than for study, whilst his bright,\u003cbr\u003ebrave, generous nature made him popular with masters and boys.","brand":"Readings LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165578772720,"sku":"2940157793302","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157793302_p0.jpg?v=1764114193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157793302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}