Ode on a Grecian Urn (Complete Edition) (eBook)

Romantic reflections on Greek art, sensual imagery, eternal pursuit, and a village poised for sacrifice

John Keats (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
454 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
978-80-268-3974-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This carefully crafted ebook: "Ode on a Grecian Urn (Complete Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Divided into five stanzas of ten lines each, the ode contains a narrator's discourse on a series of designs on a Grecian urn. The poem focuses on two scenes: one in which a lover eternally pursues a beloved without fulfilment, and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice. 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. "Ode on a Grecian Urn" was not well received by contemporary critics. It was only by the mid-19th century that it began to be praised, although it is now considered to be one of the greatest odes in the English language. 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.7.2017
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Alexander Pope • Art criticism • Edgar Allan Poe • Edmund Spenser • English literature • Eternal pursuit • Greek art • Human Experience • John Donne • John Milton • keats analysis • Literary criticism • Lord Byron • Ode form • Romantic poetry • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • sensual imagery • Shelley • William Shakespeare • William Wordsworth
• ISBN-10: 80-268-3974-9 / 8026839749
• ISBN-13: 978-80-268-3974-3 / 9788026839743