The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats - Cambridge Edition Book

EDITORS NOTE THE period of Keatss poetical production was so brief, and he leaped so quickly into the possession of his poetical powers, that almost any arrangement of his works, which was orderly, would serve. Yet since Keats has left in all but a very few cases indication of the date of composition, and since even delicate intimations of poetic growth in the case of so rare a genius are worth attention, I have endeavored to make the arrangement as nearly chronological as the evidence, chiefly obtainable from Keatss letters, will permit. The herd-notes disclose all instances where I have had to fall back on conjecture. The adoption of this order has compelled me to disregard the grouping of the volumes published by Keats and the posthumous publication by editors, but for the information of students a biblical graphical note, setting forth the historical order of publication, is given in the Appendix. The text of the poems published in Keatss three volumes has been carefully collated with copies of the first editions....Read More