Ideas of landscape in John Keats’ Teignmouth poems

dc.contributor.authorMacKenzie, Clayton G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-21T08:30:11Z
dc.date.available2017-08-21T08:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractIn the spring of 1818 John Keats journeyed to Teignmouth in Devon to care for his dying brother. This essay explores his idea of landscape in three poems of the period. The term “landscape” designates not only the geographical sense of land but also the meanings that are imposed upon or emanate from issues concerning land. Keats made clear in letters to close friends that he held Devon and its people in low esteem. Yet, in his poetry, he curiously rejoices in the beauties of Devon and its people, assuming even the idiosyncrasies of a south-west country brogue. What accounts for these extraordinary shifts in mood? The essay argues that even when the reality of Devonshire failed him, Keats’ poetry reflected a willingness to reach for an imagined landscape where, free of the tribulations of actual existence, he lay kissing a milk maiden in the fields and embracing the images of country life.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationStudia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 42 (2006), pp. 501-510pl_PL
dc.identifier.issn0081-6272
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/19041
dc.language.isoengpl_PL
dc.publisherAdam Mickiewicz Universitypl_PL
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesspl_PL
dc.titleIdeas of landscape in John Keats’ Teignmouth poemspl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

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