Complete Works of John Keats

by John Keats

This is the first volume of a new series of publications by Delphi Classics, the best-selling publisher of classical works. Many poetry collections are often poorly formatted and difficult to read on eReaders. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of John Keats, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version: 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Keats' life and works
* Concise introductions to the poetry and other works
* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the poems
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* Includes Keats' letters - spend hours exploring the poet's personal correspondence
* Features three detailed biographies - discover Keats' literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

CONTENTS:

The Poetry Collections
POEMS, 1817
ENDYMION: A POETIC ROMANCE
LAMIA, ISABELLA, THE EVE OF ST. AGNES, AND OTHER POEMS
POSTHUMOUS AND FUGITIVE POEMS
POEMS WRITTEN LATE IN 1819

The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Plays
OTHO THE GREAT
KING STEPHEN
The Letters
THE LETTERS OF JOHN KEATS

The Biographies
LIFE OF JOHN KEATS by William Michael Rossetti
A DAY WITH KEATS by May Byron
LIFE OF JOHN KEATS by Sidney Colvin

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Dark Academia, Collections

1801 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2012

About the author

Rich melodic works in classical imagery of British poet John Keats include " The Eve of Saint Agnes ," " Ode on a Grecian Urn ," and " To Autumn ," all in 1819.

Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley include "Adonais," an elegy of 1821 to John Keats.

Work of the principal of the Romantic movement of England received constant critical attacks from the periodicals of the day during his short life. He nevertheless posthumously immensely influenced poets, such as Alfred Tennyson. Elaborate word choice and sensual imagery characterize poetry, including a series of odes, masterpieces of Keats among the most popular poems in English literature. Most celebrated letters of Keats expound on his aesthetic theory of "negative capability."

Wikipedia page of the author

Reviews

[etherealfire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mandy's kindle e-book

[lyssa roche · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Keats he is my favourite poet, I started reading a few for uni and ended up reading the whole thing. I love all of his narrative poems, especially The Eve of St Agnes and my favourite poem EVER ode on melancholy (bring me back to a levels when work was easier😖)

[ZaRi]

Where's the Poet? show him! show him,
Muses nine! that I may know him.
'Tis the man who with a man
Is an equal, be he King,
Or poorest of the beggar-clan
Or any other wonderous thing
A man may be 'twixt ape and Plato;
'Tis the man who with a bird,
Wren or Eagle, finds his way to
All its instincts; he hath heard
The Lion's roaring, and can tell
What his horny throat expresseth,
And to him the Tiger's yell
Come articulate and presseth
Or his ear like mother-tongue.

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did realize how much I would enjoy poetry, but maybe it was just looking for the right poet. Mr. Keats has such lovely prose that I just fell right into a hole of beautiful words and phrases.

[Timothy Lumsdaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much have I travelled in the realms of gold
With Keats, my guide to nights and wintery words,
To spiraling season, and sorrowful songbirds—
And at the end a gift: his hand to hold.

[Jan de Vries · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastisch. Oud verracht verzamelbundeltje gescoord op het Amstelveld. Overgroot deel van zijn werken staan erin, van de langere stukken tot de korte sonnetten. Bekendere en minder bekendere werken. Zijn romantische stijl, de emotie, het gevoel, zijn omschrijving van de natuur om zich heen, die daarbij doet denken aan de mythische wereld van Homer. Het is prachtig. Vooral Ode to A nightingale kan ik iedereen aanraden. Het is wel duidelijk dat zijn talent niet vertolkt naar theaterstukken, want dat was niet om te lezen haha.

[Thomas Nelson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great word phrases of bygone era. I liked it. Perhaps a bit of a 'slog' to read in its entirety. But will keep it around, who knows may come in handy when 'song writing.'

[Vicky Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poetic Lines of One Part Kinetic Energy to Two Parts Potential Energy

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:"
-quoted from Ode on a Grecian Urn

John Keats was a man of perception rather than of contemplation or speculation. He was yet in his early twenties when his poetry first came to be printed. Having died at the incredibly young age of twenty-five, half of what part of his work was not written so young as to be inexperienced and unfocused, was gathered up in unfinished manuscript form for publishing after his death. But, there was the one year before he died that saw the publication of all his greatest poetry, 1819. Those, including his masterpiece, "On a Grecian Urn," placed him in the ranks of some of the greatest poets in English literature.

As much as I have enjoyed reading Keats over the years, I was rather selective about the poems I enjoyed, and collected my favorites from different poets in notebooks. Keats' early work is difficult to enjoy for more than his word choice, for the most part. Hyperion is one that appeals to many people, as do his other 1819 works. But, this year I have been reading wider into some of my favorite authors and poets; and enjoying getting a better view of what the writer had to offer.

This book is one of the Delphi Classic Complete Work collections; an economical and handy way to survey the life and work of a poet. Like the other collections, it contains his odes, sonnets, epics, letters, and a couple of the older well-known biographies on the person. Definitely worth having in the Kindle format for highlighting, searching, and cross-referencing.

It can not be said what he may have written, had he lived longer. Most of his family members died of tuberculosis. His life was tinged with the sadness of death and loss from an early age. And, his own sickness stopped his work all too soon. One gets the feeling of so much potential energy when reading his lines. But, that does not adequately credit his greater works. They have a more living kinetic energy behind them.

Bullfinch's Mythology is an excellent resource for explaining some of the mythical allusions and references in Keats poetry. I enjoyed the autobiographies included here, but Lucasta Miller has an excellent work that is worth reading as well. It is titled Keats: A Brief Life. I reccomend it as well as this work. Or, if you are interested in a more concise route to Keats, I think many people could enjoy Lucasta Miller's book on a time-budget. She includes nine of his best poems in her book, along with much biographical information. Below, I will share a smattering of Keats' more meaningful words in quotations.

"O Melancholy, linger here awhile! O Music, Music, breathe despondingly! O Echo, Echo, from some sombre isle," - from Isabella

"Upon her closed eyes, That now in vain are weeping their last tears, At sweet life leaving, and these arbours green, - Rich dowry from the Spirit of the Spheres, - Alas! poor Queen!" - from Faery Songs

“Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art; Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching with eternal lids apart, Like Nature’s patient sleepless eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores, Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors:" - from posthumous writings

[Annabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful.

[Bethany Dear · Rating 4 out of 5]

why am i kinda a john keats stan after watching bright star

[R.L. Martinez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as i remember his poetry.

[Rhys🦨 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love him he is so babygirl.

[NoelOdra · Rating 1 out of 5]

I haven't actually read it. I COULD NOT. Just went through the pages ( all of them ) in hope to find something, anything...
I would have marked it as a spoiler, but... wasn't really expecting anything wonderful. So, to be fair: it is just as averagely bad as... a book by someone who takes a pride in being "poet" could be.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the poets who made me realize how amazing poetry was, at quite a young age.

[Cherie Kephart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a romantic, and Keats epitomizes this in his eloquent poetry. A collection worth devouring, time and time again.