$47.10
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2023
Summary
A fresh interpretation of the great Romantic poet: this short biography separates the man from the myth.
‘Outstanding… The best short introduction I have come across’ Sunday Times
When he died at the age of just twenty-five, few imagined John Keats would one day be considered among the greatest poets of all time.
Taking nine of Keats’s best-known poems, Lucasta Miller excavates their backstories and, in doing so, resurrects the real Keats: an outsider from a d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529110906 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529110904 |
| Author: | Lucasta Miller |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Outstanding… [Miller’s] knowledge of all things Keatsian is formidable… For newcomers to Keats, Miller’s is the best short introduction I have come across.
In lucid, graceful prose she [Miller] manages to bring us closer to the life and work of a poet who never seemed that far away… I didn’t want this book to end. * Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year *
An enlightening and perceptive introduction to (or reminder of) the great Romantic poet’s life and work. * Financial Times *
Outstanding… [Miller’s] knowledge of all things Keatsian is formidable… For newcomers to Keats, Miller’s is the best short introduction I have come across. – John Carey * Sunday Times *
Miller disrobes the myth, while helping us to appreciate what she calls Keats’s “vertiginous originality”. As a wittily perceptive introduction to (or reminder of) the poet and his work, her book is unlikely to be surpassed any time soon. – Miranda Seymour * Financial Times *
Lucasta Miller’s task, which she carries out very successfully, is to strip away what we think when we think about Keats… This excellent book… enters an already crowded market of Keats biographies, but earns its place through its firm basis in precise reading. Miller is empathetic, and relishes Keats’s best phrases. – Philip Hensher * Spectator *
Lucasta Miller’s brilliant life of Keats, told through a close reading of “nine poems and one epitaph”, reminds us more than once of the way in which Keats can deploy Shakespearean techniques to stop us in our readerly tracks. A timely and fresh re-appropriation of Keats… satisfying, engaging and accessible. – Rowan Williams * New Statesman *
Excellent… [Keats] challenges us to make up our own minds about the self-styled ‘chamelion poet’. – Claire Harman * Evening Standard *
A readable guide to the poet’s life. – James Marriott * The Times *
Creates a vivid picture of Keats’s writing process. – Conrad Landin * Islington Tribune *
Thought-provoking… No single reading or assertion dominates the book…everything is treated with deep care and admirably intelligent judgement. * London Review of Books *
Lucasta Miller
Lucasta Miller is a biographer and critic. Her articles have appeared in a wide number of publications, most notably the Guardian. She is the author of two previous books on nineteenth-century literature:
- The Bronte Myth
- L.E.L.: the Lost Life and Mysterious Death of the ‘Female Byron’
She is currently an Honorary Research Associate at University College, London and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow.
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