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    The Eve of St. Agnes
    The Eve of St. Agnes
    The Eve of St. Agnes
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    The Eve of St. Agnes

    By John Keats

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    John Keats was an English Romantic poet.  Keats was a peer of other great poets such as Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley and his poems have become more popular after his death.  This edition of The Eve of St. Agnes includes a table of contents.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781531284190
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    John Keats

    Born in London in 1795, John Keats is one of the most popular of the Romantic poets of the 19th century. During his short life his work failed to achieve literary acclaim, but after his death in 1821 his literary reputation steadily gained pace, inspiring many subsequent poets and students alike.

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      The Eve of St. Agnes - John Keats

      THE EVE OF ST. AGNES

      ..................

      John Keats

      KYPROS PRESS

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      Copyright © 2016 by John Keats

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      The Eve of St. Agnes

      Introduction.

      The Eve of St. Agnes.

      Notes on The Eve of St. Agnes.

      THE EVE OF ST. AGNES

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      INTRODUCTION.

      In Lamia and Hyperion, as in Endymion, we find Keats inspired by classic story, though the inspiration in each case came to him through Elizabethan writers. Here, on the other hand, mediaeval legend is his inspiration; the ‘faery broods’ have driven ‘nymph and satyr from the prosperous woods’. Akin to the Greeks as he was in spirit, in his instinctive personification of the lovely manifestations of nature, his style and method were really more naturally suited to the portrayal of mediaeval scenes, where he found the richness and warmth of colour in which his soul delighted.

      The Eve of St. Agnes, founded on a popular mediaeval legend, not being a tragedy like Isabella, cannot be expected

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