Bright Star - The Complete Poems and Selected Letters (Paperback)


""O soft embalmer of the still midnight,
Shutting, with careful fingers and benign,
Our gloom-pleas'd eyes, embower'd from the light,
Enshaded in forgetfulness divine" "
John Keats, 'Ode to Sleep'
John Keats died in penury and relative obscurity in 1821, aged only 26. He is now seen as one of the greatest English poets and a genius of the Romantic age. This collection, which contains all his most memorable works, is a feast for the senses, displaying Keats' gift for gorgeous imagery and sensuous language, his passionate devotion to beauty, as well as some of the most beautiful and moving love poetry ever written.

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""O soft embalmer of the still midnight,
Shutting, with careful fingers and benign,
Our gloom-pleas'd eyes, embower'd from the light,
Enshaded in forgetfulness divine" "
John Keats, 'Ode to Sleep'
John Keats died in penury and relative obscurity in 1821, aged only 26. He is now seen as one of the greatest English poets and a genius of the Romantic age. This collection, which contains all his most memorable works, is a feast for the senses, displaying Keats' gift for gorgeous imagery and sensuous language, his passionate devotion to beauty, as well as some of the most beautiful and moving love poetry ever written.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Vintage Classics

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

October 2009

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

October 2009

Authors

Introduction by

Dimensions

198 x 130 x 34mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - B-format

Pages

525

ISBN-13

978-0-09-952965-1

Barcode

9780099529651

Categories

LSN

0-09-952965-3



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