Description
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 damaged family whose visceral love of language allowed him to change the face of English literature for ever.
‘One never wants Keats’s life to end so soon; I didn’t want this book to end, either‘ – TLS Books of the Year
‘Irresistible… [Miller] digs into the backstories of her subject’s most famous poems to uncover aspects of his life and work that challenge well-worn romantic myths‘ – Wall Street Journal
‘Outstanding…the best short introduction I have come across‘ – Sunday Times
