The first two generations of romantic poets lived through a time of extraordinary upheaval. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of romantic poets, along with lord byron and percy bysshe shelley, despite his works having been in publication for only four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25 although his poems were not generally well. Andrew motion, in full sir andrew peter motion, born october 26, 1952, london, england, british poet, biographer, and novelist who was especially noted for his narrative poetry. A new life or plumleys posthumous keats to the classics, such as wards john keats. Possible clean exlibrary copy, with their stickers and or stamps. This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed oxford authors series under the general editorship of frank kermode. Keats is the great exception, according to received wisdom. Dive deep into andrew motions keats with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Buy john keats poems selected by andrew motion poet to. What andrew motion brings to bear on the subject is a deep understanding of how keats fitted into. His father, who was a liverystable keeper, died when keats was eight years old, and his mother died six years later.
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Andrew motion read english at oxford university where he won the newdigate prize and studied the work of edward thomas, an abiding influence. A writers life which won the whitbread prize for biography, dangerous play which won the john llewellyn rhys prize, natural causes which won the dylan thomas prize, the customs. It brings together a unique combination of keatss poetry and prose all the major poems, complemented by a generous selection of keatss letters to give the essence of his work and thinking. But, as the nineteenth century wore on, keats reputation would build, and today he is recognized as one of the. At hull university he taught english and worked alongside philip larkin, another acknowledged mentor, whose official biographer he later became. Unlike previous biographers, motion pays close attention to the social and political worlds keats inhabited. It is difficult to know what to say about this book.
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