What's in an Urn?

by Dan Chapman

Keats' Grecian Urn is a monster, the most prophetic object of modern times, present only in its absence. As this study discusses, Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is the poet's attempt to document not only the fragility of our world, but also our perception of it, which coupled with his sophisticated method, is found at its most concise in the immortal object of his words. It is demostrated how Keats precedes the 20th Century's brightest minds with his succint and articulate discussion of modern man's relationship with his ultimate creation - modernity itself.

56 pages, Paperback

First published March 6, 2013