Keats And Romantic Celticism

The faeries, demons, and spirits of Celtic provenance that wend through the work of British poet John Keats (1795-1821), were not born of the usual literary sources such as Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, says Gallant (English literature, Georgia State U.) but from an earlier and more primitive lore. She finds their presence to be accompanied by the centuries-old feeling of dread at the menace mixed with fascination by their timeless allure. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR