Introduction to Keats

by William Walsh

In this introduction to the life and works of John Keats, originally published in 1981, William Walsh presents a comprehensive but approachable study which illuminates first the poems, indirectly the man, and more obliquely the period. Working within a biographical framework, the author looks at Keats from the point of view of the development of his art and sensibility, examining all the major poems and relating them to the letters; reference is made throughout the book to the best contemporary critical writing on the subject and a select bibliography is provided.

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

First published March 15, 2014

About the author

William Walsh is the author of The Poems and The Poets (both from Erratum Press), Forty-five American Boys (Outpost19), ON TV, Unknown Arts, Ampersand, Mass., Pathologies, Questionstruck, Stephen King Stephen King (all from Keyhole Press), and Without Wax: A Documentary Novel (Casperian Books).

His work has appeared in Annalemma, Artifice, Quick Fiction,, New York Tyrant, Caketrain, Juked, LIT, Rosebud, Quarterly West, Crescent Review, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, as well as anthologies like The &NOW Anthology: Best of Innovative Writing, Dzanc's Best of the Web, and New Micro: Norton Anthology of Exceptionally Short Fiction.

Reviews

[Alice C · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't really know how to rate this... so middle ground at 3 stars it is!
For my first proper non-fiction book (other than maybe i am Malala if that counts...) this was good. well was it good? I don't know. Was it helpful? yes. Was it an exciting and engaging read? no. But my purpose of reading was for a solid grounding in Keats's life, and i got that. So, success story!