| Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends Contributor(s): Keats, John (Author), Colvin, Sidney (Editor) |
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ISBN: 110803389X ISBN-13: 9781108033893 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Letters - History - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 821.7 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.12 lbs) 402 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Assembled in 1891 by Sir Sidney Colvin (1845-1927), this collection of John Keats' correspondence contains 164 letters written to the poet's family and friends during his short life. Colvin was at various times Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. He had a long-standing interest in Keats and eventually published a biography of the celebrated poet (also reissued in this series) in 1917. Among the letters included here are those written to Keats' publisher John Taylor, his sister Fanny Keats, his close friend Charles Armitage Brown, the artist Benjamin Haydon, writers John Hamilton Reynolds and Leigh Hunt and many others, providing a rich insight into the poet's character. The book also includes an explanatory preface containing background information and brief biographical sketches of Keats' correspondents. |