This is the ideal student guide to one of the central figures of English Romanticism. It brings together texts and documents to provide a gateway to an understanding of Keats's life and his work in context, and includes: *a chronology of Keats's brief but crowded life *contemporary documents, including letters by the poet *early critical reception and twentieth century criticism. Carefully annotated texts of Keats's most widely studied poems and suggestions for further reading complete the volume.
