John Keats

John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets in the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work was the subject of constant critical attacks, and it was not until much later that the significance of the cultural change which his work both presaged and helped to form was fully appreciated. Keats's poetry is characterized by an exuberant love of the language and a rich, sensuous imagination; he often felt that he was working in the shadow of past poets, and only towards the end of his life was he able to produce his most original and most memorable poems.

External links

• Complete Poetical Works
• The Life of John Keats: a memoir by his friend Charles Armitage Brown
• Keats' House
• Keats' Last Letter
• Keats Biography in Chamber's Cyclopedia (1863). Includes selections from letters to and from Shelley regarding Keats.