Talk:John Keats
From Academic Kids
The following paragraph is ridiculous. The first part is irrelevant, and the last part inaccurate (he moved to the isle of wight...the reason for his criticial rejection is more complicated...)
- "It should be remembered that the Romantic movement flowered during a period of major catharsis in world history: the American War of Independence and the French Revolution had cast long shadows across the existing world order; existing bourgeois values were being challenged as never before. Romanticism was the very cultural epitome of this rebellion, and its adherents work became the target of critical denigration. Keats' poetry was consequently not well received, and he moved to the Isle of Man."
Yeah, you're right. I don't think that the parts about the French revolution are irrelevant however. The Romantics were hopeful that the French revolution would spread to England. I know Keats was at the end of that era, but other people in the group like Mary Stone-Wool... whatever her name was, who wrote the Rights Of Women were doing so because of the unrest caused by the French and American revolutions. CGS 11:22, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC).
- "the reason for his criticial rejection is more complicated" is true - most of his early work is unreadable. CGS 11:25, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC).
"The rejection of Keats' poetry, particularly the early work such as "Endymion" has very little to do with his position as a romantic. In fact Keats' panning was as said above because his early work is generally awful, but also because Keats, unlike many of his contempories did not deal with the politics of the day. It was his continual use of escapism and indulgence which riled his critics, not his politics." Cbs
