Keats
The Myth of the Hero
- 290 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Focusing in a new and thoroughgoing way on Keats's widely discussed interest in Greek myth, Professor Van Ghent finds the underlying coherence in both his poetry and his letters to be archetypes of the hero and his double"--pervasive myths of creation and generation reflected in his poetics of desire.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface by Jeffrey Cane Robinson
- I. Introduction: The Scenario of the Poem
- II. The Goddess of Many Names: Endymion
- III. The Old Man and the Taboo Maiden: Endymion
- IV. The Ravished Bride
- V. The Passion of the Groves
- VI. The Succession of the Gods: 1
- VII. The Succession of the Gods: 2
- Appendix: "Ode to a Nightingale"
- Reference Notes
- Index