This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Keats's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by a generous selection of Keats's letters - to give the essence of his work and thinking. In his tragically short life Keats wrote an astonishing number of superb poems; his stature as one of the foremost poets of the Romantic movement remains unassailable. This volume contains all the poetry published during his lifetime, including Endymion in its entirety, the Odes, 'Lamia', and both versions of 'Hyperion'. The poetry is presented in chronological sequence, illustrating the staggering speed with which Keats's work matured. Further insight into his creative process is given by reproducing, in their original form, a number of poems that were published posthumously. Keats's letters are admired almost as much as his poetry and were described by T. S. Eliot as 'certainly the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet'. They provide the best biographical detail available and shed invaluable light on Keats's poems. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a tragic early death. Edmund Wilson counted him as 'one of the half dozen greatest English writers,' and T. S. Eliot has paid tribute to the Shakespearean quality of Keats's greatness. Indeed, his work has survived better than that of any of his contemporaries the devaluation of Romantic poetry that began early in this century. This Modern Library edition contains all of Keats's magnificent verse: 'Lamia,' 'Isabella,' and 'The Eve of St. Agnes'; his sonnets and odes; the allegorical romance Endymion; and the five-act poetic tragedy Otho the Great. Presented as well are the famous posthumous and fugitive poems, including the fragmentary 'The Eve of Saint Mark' and the great 'La Belle Dame sans Merci,' perhaps the most distinguished literary ballad in the language. 'No one else in English poetry, save Shakespeare, has in expression quite the fascinating felicity of Keats, his perception of loveliness,' said Matthew Arnold. 'In the faculty of naturalistic interpretation, in what we call natural magic, he ranks with Shakespeare.'

The letters of John Keats are, T. S. Eliot remarked, 'what letters ought to be; the fine things come in unexpectedly, neither introduced nor shown out, but between trifle and trifle.' This new edition, which features four rediscovered letters, affords readers the pleasure of the poet's 'trifles' as well as the surprise of his most famous ideas emerging unpredictably.

Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in the consummate power of poetry and his liberal views. While he was criticized by many for his politics, his immediate circle of friends and family immediately recognized his genius. In his short life he proved to be one of the greatest and most original thinkers of the second generation of Romantic poets, with such poems as "Ode to a Nightingale", "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" and "La Belle Dame sans Merci".While his writing is illuminated by his exaltation of the imagination and abounds with sensuous descriptions of nature's beauty, it also explores profound philosophical questions. John Barnard's acclaimed volume contains all the poems known to have been written by Keats, arranged by date of composition. The texts are lightly modernized and are complemented by extensive notes, a comprehensive introduction, an index of classical names, selected extracts from Keats's letters and a number of pieces not widely available, including his annotations to Milton's "Paradise Lost".

《濟慈名著譯述藏詩版》 珍藏余光中手稿
特別收錄詩作〈弔濟慈故居〉以及〈夜鶯頌〉、〈希臘古甕頌〉譯作手稿，
並附原詩對照。
濟慈的頌歌：〈希臘古甕頌〉與〈夜鶯頌〉
1819年四、五月間，還未滿二十四歲的濟慈詩興潮湧，一口氣寫了五首頌歌，被稱之為「五大頌歌」（The Five Great Odes ），其中〈希臘古甕頌〉、〈夜鶯頌〉最享盛名，這兩首詩作不但語言高妙，聲韻圓融，美感飽滿，而且富於美學的卓見，是英詩的傳世瑰寶。
英國浪漫時期的文學，主要貢獻在詩，以拜倫、雪萊、濟慈為其代表。濟慈天生夙慧，在感性之美與知性之真之間反覆探索，有意在想像之自由與現實之困境間求得平衡，所以他的作品不但滿足了我們的美感，抑且激發了我們的哲思。而濟慈更是詩人美學家，他探討形與實(image vs. reality)、美與真(beauty vs. truth)、藝術與科學(art vs. science)、憂與喜(melancholy vs. joy)之間相剋相生的關係。前可直追柯利基，後則堪比史蒂芬斯﹙Wallace Stevens﹚。
濟慈以「十四行詩」馳名於世，尤以初試啼聲的〈初窺柴譯荷馬〉，以及感嘆生命稍縱即逝的〈當我擔憂〉最為人稱道。此外，「頌體」中的〈希臘古甕頌〉、〈夜鶯頌〉、〈秋之頌〉等詩作，更為大家耳熟能詳；長詩則充滿豐沛的元素，有以希臘神話為背景的《亥賁亮之敗亡》、《蕾米亞》，也有以中世紀傳說為主題的《聖安妮節前夕》。早夭的濟慈，與永恆對壘，不論長詩、頌體或十四行詩，均為英國文學史上寫下最典麗的篇章。
余光中伏案數年迻譯濟慈詩作，並以深廣的視角對「頌體」、「長詩」、「書信」等做鞭辟入裡的導讀，引領讀者領會濟慈作品的奧義。詩作與書信外，本書附錄中，更收錄余光中〈弔濟慈故居〉、〈想像之真〉、〈如何誦讀英詩〉等詩文。感性與知性同存，為本書駐下完美的註腳。書後附濟慈原詩，中英對照，更能體會余光中譯筆之高妙。
本書特色
◎ 《濟慈名著譯述》是余光中先生傾注心力，完整翻譯濟慈的詩以及難得一見的濟慈書信。全書以濟慈的創作〈十四行詩〉、〈抒情詩〉、〈頌體〉、〈長詩〉、〈書信〉分輯，輯前有余光中專文導讀，中英對照，並收錄余光中撰寫濟慈的篇章。
◎ 《濟慈名著譯述藏詩版》，包含《濟慈名著譯述》與全彩精印《濟慈名著譯述藏詩本》，收錄余光中詩作〈弔濟慈故居〉以及〈夜鶯頌〉、〈希臘古甕頌〉譯作手稿，並附原詩對照。

The epic romance of one of the most celebrated poets in the English language Coming to theatres in September 2009 is the tragic love story of nineteenth-century poet John Keats and the love of his life, Fanny Brawne. Keats died at the young age of twenty-five, leaving behind some of the most exquisite and moving verse and letters ever written, inspired by his deep love for Fanny. "Bright Star" is a collection of Keat's romantic poems and correspondence in the heat of his passion, and is a dazzling display of a talent cut cruelly short.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DIRECTOR JANE CAMPION John Keats died in penury and relative obscurity in 1821, aged only 25. He is now seen as one of the greatest English poets and a genius of the Romantic age. This collection, which contains all his most memorable works and a selection of his letters, is a feast for the senses, displaying Keats' gift for gorgeous imagery and sensuous language, his passionate devotion to beauty, as well as some of the most moving love poetry ever written.

For anyone who's in love - or hopes to be - what greater celebration could there be than to hear the world's greatest love poetry read lovingly by Richard Armitage? With 15 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day.
Included in this collection are:
• "How do I love thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare
• "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "To Be One with Each Other" by George Eliot
• "Maud" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
• "Bright Star" by John Keats
• "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
• "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning
• "The Dream" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
• "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
• "I carry your heart" by e. e. cummings
• "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron
• "Give All to Love" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Length: 22 mins / Public Domain (P)2015 Audible Inc.

John Keats died aged just twenty-five. He left behind some of the most exquisite and moving verse and love letters ever written, inspired by his great love for Fanny Brawne. Although they knew each other for just a few short years and spent a great deal of that time apart - separated by Keats' worsening illness, which forced a move abroad - Keats wrote again and again about and to his love, right until his very last poem, called simply "To Fanny". She, in turn, would wear the ring he had given her until her death. "So Bright and Delicate" is the passionate, heartrending story of this tragic affair, told through the private notes and public art of a great poet.

"Lamia" is a narrative poem, that tells how the god Hermes hears of a nymph who is more beautiful than all. Hermes, searching for the nymph, instead comes across a Lamia, trapped in the form of a serpent. She reveals the previously invisible nymph to him and in return he restores her human form. She goes to seek a youth of Corinth, Lycius, while Hermes and his nymph depart together into the woods. The relationship between Lycius and Lamia, however, is destroyed when the sage Apollonius reveals Lamia's true identity at their wedding feast, whereupon she seemingly disappears and Lycius dies of grief. Also, Keats's poem had a deep influence on Edgar Allan Poe's sonnet "To Science". John Keats (1795 – 1821) was an English Romantic poet. The poetry of Keats is characterized by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. Today his poems and letters are some of the most popular and most analyzed in English literature.

In the summer of 1820, Keats published this collection, his third and final volume of poetry. A few months earlier, he had started coughing up blood; the following February, he would die of tuberculosis in Rome, aged just twenty-five. This volume contains his greatest work, written in an astonishing burst of creative genius in 1819. It includes 'Lamia', his tale of love and betrayal in ancient Corinth; the haunting medieval romance of 'The Eve of St Agnes'; and his six famous odes, now considered among the most famous verse in the language.

Lamia By John Keats Classic Poetry "Lamia" is a narrative poem written by English poet John Keats in 1820. The poem was written in 1819, soon after "La belle dame sans merci" and his odes on Melancholy, on Indolence, to a Grecian Urn and to a Nightingale and just before "Ode to Autumn". The poem tells how the god Hermes hears of a nymph who is more beautiful than all. Hermes, searching for the nymph, instead comes across a Lamia, trapped in the form of a serpent. She reveals the previously invisible nymph to him and in return he restores her human form. She goes to seek a youth of Corinth, Lycius, while Hermes and his nymph depart together into the woods. The relationship between Lycius and Lamia, however, is destroyed when the sage Apollonius reveals Lamia's true identity at their wedding feast, whereupon she seemingly disappears and Lycius dies of grief. Keats's poem had a deep influence on Edgar Allan Poe's sonnet "To Science", specifically lines 229-238 and the discussion of the baleful effects of "cold philosophy":

John Keats (1795-1821), one of the greatest of English poets, was born of a humble backround and he was apprenticed to an apothecary. He came under the influence of Leigh Hunt and his circle, and in 1818 found himself attacked as a member of Leigh Hunt's 'Cockney School' of poverty.<br />However, he is more properly ranked as one of the foremost of the second generation of the romantic poets, which includes his great contemporaries Byron and Shelley. When tuberculosis overtook him he moved to Italy at Shelley's suggestion, and died in Rome, directing that his epitaph should read "Here lies one whose name was writ in water".

Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. By the end of his brief career, he had written poems of such beauty, imagination and generosity of spirit, that he had - unwittingly - fulfilled his wish that he should ‘be among the English poets after my death’. This new, wide-ranging selection of Keats’s poetry has been selected by Claire Tomalin.