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John Keats : a new life / Nicholas Roe.

by Roe, Nicholas.

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New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2012.

Keats, John, 1795-1821.

Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography.

9780300124651 (hbk. : alk. paper)

0300124651 (hbk. : alk. paper)

xxiv, 446 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Early years, 1795-1814. Birthplaces ; School ; Bridge -- Guy's Hospital, 1814-1817. Southwark ; Bright and dark ; 'J.K., and other communications' ; An era ; Wild surmises ; Saturnalia ; Lancet -- The year of "Endymion," 1817. Strange journeys ; Fellowship ; 'Z' ; Immortal dinners -- Roads of the dead, 1818. Dark passages ; Walking north ; Sleepless nights -- Conjunctions, 1819. ditto, ditto ; Ever indolent ; Hope and chance -- Consumption, 1819-1821. Repasts ; A now ; Regions of poetry ; Eternal road ; Terminalia.

This landmark biography of celebrated Romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate, overly sensitive, tragic figure. Instead, Nicholas Roe reveals the real flesh-and-blood poet: a passionate man driven by ambition but prey to doubt, suspicion, and jealousy; sure of his vocation while bitterly resentful of the obstacles that blighted his career; devoured by sexual desire and frustration; and in thrall to alcohol and opium. Through unparalleled original research, Roe arrives at a fascinating reassessment of Keats's entire life, from his early years at Keats's Livery Stables through his harrowing battle with tuberculosis and death at age 25. Zeroing in on crucial turning points, Roe finds in the locations of Keats's poems new keys to the nature of his imaginative quest.

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