Table of Contents

Preface Editorial Procedures Acknowledgments Introduction Events in the Life of John Keats Keats's Correspondents LETTERS, 1816-1821 1816-1817 C. C. Clarke--September C. C. Clarke--9 October C. C. Clarke--31 October B. R. Haydon--20 November C. C. Clarke--17 December J. H. Reynolds--17 March George And Tom Keats--15 April J. H. Reynolds--17, 18 April Leigh Hunt--10 May B. R. Haydon--10, 11 May Taylor and Hessey--16 May Taylor and Hessey--10 June Jane and Mariane Reynolds--4 September J. H. Reynolds--September Fanny Keats--10 September J. H. Reynolds--21 September B. R. Haydon--28 September Benjamin Bailey--8 October Benjamin Bailey--28-30 October Benjamin Bailey--3 November Benjamin Bailey--22 November J. H. Reynolds--22 November George and Tom Keats--21, 27 (?) December 1818 George and Tom Keats--5 January B. R. Haydon--10 January George and Tom Keats--23 January B. R. Haydon--23 January John Taylor--23 January Benjamin Bailey--23 January George and Tom Keats--23, 24 January George and Tom Keats--30 January John Taylor--30 January J. H. Reynolds--3 February George and Tom Keats--14 (?) February J. H. Reynolds--19 February George and Tom Keats--21 February John Taylor--27 February Benjamin Bailey--13 March J. H. Reynolds--14 March James Rice--24 March J. H. Reynolds--25 March B. R. Haydon--8 April J. H. Reynolds--9 April J. H. Reynolds--17 April John Taylor--24 April J. H. Reynolds--27 April J. H. Reynolds--3 May Benjamin Bailey--21, 25 April Benjamin Bailey--10 June Tom Keats--25-27 June George and Georgiana Keats--27, 28 June Tom Keats-29 June, 1, 2 July Fanny Keats--2, 3, 5 July Tom Keats--3, 5, 7, 9 July J. H. Reynolds--11, 13 July Tom Keats--10, 11, 13, 14 July Tom Keats--17, 18, 20, 21 July Benjamin Bailey--18, 22 July Tom Keats--23, 26 July Tom Keats--3, 6 August Mrs. James Wylie--6 August Fanny Keats--19 August C. W. Dilke--20, 21 September J. H. Reynolds--22 (?) September J. A. Hessey--8 October Fanny Keats--26 October Richard Woodhouse--27 October George and Georgiana Keats--14, 16, 21, 24, 31 October James Rice--24 November B. R. Haydon--22-December 1819 George and Georgiana Keats--16-18, 22, 29 (?), 31 December 1818, 2-4 January 1819 B. R. Haydon--10 (?) January Fanny Keats--11 February B. R. Haydon--18 (?) February Fanny Keats--27 February B. R. Haydon--8 March Fanny Keats--13 March Joseph Severn--29 March Fanny Keats--31 March Fanny Keats--12 April B. R. Haydon--13 April Fanny Keats--1 May (?) George and Georgiana Keats--14, 19 February, 3 (?), 12, 13, 17, 19 March, 15, 16, 21, 30 April, 3, 4 May Miss Jeffery--31 May Miss Jeffery--9 June Fanny Keats--9 June B. R. Haydon--17 June Fanny Keats--17 June Fanny Brawne--1 July Fanny Keats--6 July Fanny Brawne--8 July J. H. Reynolds--11 July Fanny Brawne--15 (?) July Fanny Brawne--25 July C. W. Dilke (With Charles Brown)--31 July Fanny Brawne--5, 6 August Benjamin Bailey--14 August Fanny Brawne--16 August John Taylor--31 August J. A. Hessey--5 September John Taylor--5 September Fanny Brawne--13 September John Taylor (From Richard Woodhouse)--19, 20 September J. H. Reynolds--21 September Richard Woodhouse--21, 22 September Charles Brown--22 September C. W. Dilke--22 September Charles Brown--23 September George And Georgiana Keats--17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27 September C. W. Dilke--1 October B. R. Haydon (With Charles Brown)--3 October Fanny Brawne--11 October Fanny Brawne--13 October Fanny Brawne--19 October Fanny Keats--26 (?) October William Haslam--2 November Joseph Severn--15 November John Taylor --17 November James Rice--December Fanny Keats--20 December 1820 Georgiana Wylie Keats--13, 15, 17, 28 January Fanny Brawne--4 (?) February Fanny Keats--6 February Fanny Keats--8 February Fanny Brawne--10 (?) February Fanny Brawne--February (?) Fanny Keats--14 February Fanny Brawne--February (?) Fanny Brawne--February (?) Fanny Brawne--February (?) James Rice--14, 16 February Fanny Brawne--February (?) Fanny Brawne--February (?) Fanny Brawne--February (?) Fanny Brawne--24 (?) February Fanny Brawne--27 (?) February J. H. Reynolds--28 February Fanny Brawne--28 (?) February Fanny Brawne--29 (?) February Fanny Brawne--1 March (?) C. W. Dilke--4 March Fanny Brawne--March (?) Fanny Brawne--March (?) Fanny Brawne--March (?) Fanny Brawne--March (?) Fanny Brawne--March (?) Fanny Brawne--March (?) Fanny Keats--20 March Fanny Brawne--March (?) Fanny Brawne--March (?) Mrs. James Wylie--24 (?) March Fanny Keats--1 April Fanny Keats--12 April Fanny Keats--21 April Fanny Keats--4 May Fanny Brawne--May (?) Fanny Brawne--June (?) John Taylor--2 (?) June Charles Brown --About 21 June Fanny Keats--23 June Fanny Brawne--4 July (?) Fanny Brawne--5 July (?) Fanny Keats--5 July William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--12 (?) July Fanny Keats--22 July John Keats (From Percy Bysshe Shelley)--27 July Fanny Brawne--August (?) Fanny Keats--13 August John Taylor--13 August Leigh Hunt--13 (?) August John Taylor--14 August Charles Brown--14 August Percy Bysshe Shelley--16 August Charles Brown--August (?) Fanny Keats--23 August Fanny Keats--11 September William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--19 September William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--21 September Charles Brown--30 September William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--22 October Mrs. Samuel Brawne--24 (?) October Charles Brown--1, 2 November William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--1, 2 November ? (From Dr. James Clark)--27 November Charles Brown--30 November Charles Brown (From Joseph Severn)--14, 17 December John Taylor (From Joseph Severn)--24 December 1821 ? (From Dr. James Clark)--3 January Mrs. Samuel Brawne (From Joseph Severn)--11 January William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--15 January John Taylor (From Joseph Severn)--25, 26 January William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--22 February John Taylor (From Joseph Severn)--6 March William Haslam (From Charles Brown)--18 March William Haslam (From Joseph Severn)--5 May Index

About the Author

Grant F. Scott is Professor of English at Muhlenberg College. Hyder Edward Rollins was Professor of English at Harvard University.

Reviews

[These] letters glow with spontaneity; sprightly and personal to the point of intimacy, they reveal a mind and heart searching high and low for possibilities. Here, readers will see a man in step with daily existence who reasoned his way through but also exalted in life's infinite variety and challenges. Insights into Keats's poetry are to be found, too, as well as his great devotion to friends and family. Keats was not without human frailties--he could be dicey, contradictory, and manipulative--but his letters are irresistible...Recommended.
*Library Journal*

This new book, which offers the traditional body of Keats's letters as well as a handful of new additions, reminds us of the extraordinary human being who was John Keats. Here he is--falling in love, struggling with questions of literature and philosophy, generously helping others at every chance, bravely facing a terminal disease...Harvard University Press has produced a definitive volume in this new edition about the poet "whose name was writ on water."
*Bloomsbury Review*

Editor Scott has selected the most important correspondence from the standard two-volume Selected Letters of John Keats published in 1958, for this new version, and added four additional items (three previously unpublished). The informative editorial material is expertly presented.
*Dallas Morning News*

Devotees of Keats's poetry will appreciate Scott's revision. Interesting to read, Keats's letters throw a great deal of light on his life and poetry, revealing the insecurities, doubts, fears, enthusiasms, and creativity of one of England's greatest poets.
*Choice*

Keats's letters have long been regarded as masterpieces, both for the light they shed on the poetry, and for the vivid picture they provide of the poet. This excellent selection is based on Hyder Rollins's definitive 1958 edition, and includes several letters which have been found only recently. The context of the correspondence is established by the inclusion of some letters addressed to Keats.
*London Review of Books*