The Keats Inheritance
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
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Condition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket.
A landmark work of literary scholarship, The Keats Inheritance uncovers the tangled financial and personal history surrounding the estate of the Romantic poet John Keats, examining how money, family loyalty, and legal disputes shaped the lives of those closest to him. Robert Gittings, one of the foremost Keats biographers of the twentieth century, presents meticulous archival research to illuminate the often-overlooked practical struggles that shadowed Keats's brief life and lingered long after his death. Written with the precision of a seasoned literary detective, the work argues that a full understanding of Keats's world demands attention not only to his poetry but to the material circumstances that constrained and defined him. Gittings illustrates how inheritance disputes among the Keats siblings cast new light on the poet's character, relationships, and the posthumous management of his legacy. This authoritative and engrossing study is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in Romantic-era literature and biography.
Author: Robert Gittings
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Heinemann
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket.
A landmark work of literary scholarship, The Keats Inheritance uncovers the tangled financial and personal history surrounding the estate of the Romantic poet John Keats, examining how money, family loyalty, and legal disputes shaped the lives of those closest to him. Robert Gittings, one of the foremost Keats biographers of the twentieth century, presents meticulous archival research to illuminate the often-overlooked practical struggles that shadowed Keats's brief life and lingered long after his death. Written with the precision of a seasoned literary detective, the work argues that a full understanding of Keats's world demands attention not only to his poetry but to the material circumstances that constrained and defined him. Gittings illustrates how inheritance disputes among the Keats siblings cast new light on the poet's character, relationships, and the posthumous management of his legacy. This authoritative and engrossing study is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in Romantic-era literature and biography.