Seul dans la splendeur

by John Keats, Robert Davreu (Traduction)

Si Keats demeure nimbé de son inaltérable aura de poète romantique, c’est qu’il a su, de son destin malheureux, nourrir un art à l’exceptionnelle beauté. Il a donné à sa prescience de la mort, aussi bien qu’à la tendresse et au bonheur d’aimer comme au renoncement sublimé, non seulement des chants parmi les plus parfaits de la poésie, mais des résonances que l’on peut entendre encore chez Rilke... Une immense richesse symbolique transparaît sous la lumière, nocturne ou solaire, de ce poète aux accents intemporels.

Genres: Poetry

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Rich melodic works in classical imagery of English 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."

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Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's just a feeling. I don't exactly know why I love his work, I just do. Gosh, I feel like there is so much more to discover about him, and his work is both so simple and and so complex like I can't even put words on this feeling. And I don't particularly want to find words actually - sometimes it feels nice to like something without knowing why.

(Just saying that Welcome Joy, and Welcome Sorrow gives me strong rap vibes)

Wishing you a good day, and Don't sleep on John Keats.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

The translation felt off but who am I to criticise the work of a professional translator of poetry?