by Andrew Motion (Author), Andrew Motion (Author)
The outline of the story of John Keats's life is well known: the archetypal life of the Romantic genius, critically spurned and dying young. This biography aims to enrich the facts with an understanding of how Keats fitted into the intellectual and political life of his time. It includes detailed examination of significant friendships with anti-establishment figures such as Hazlitt and Hunt, and the closeness of Keats's own spirit to the ferment all around, as expressed in his poems. The book also presents information about his schooldays and medical training.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 504
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 01 Feb 1998
ISBN 10: 057117227X
ISBN 13: 9780571172276
Book Overview: Andrew Motion won the 1993 Whitbread Award for Biography for Philip Larkin: a Writer's Life , and has also received a Somerset Maugham Award.