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THE TEXT ON JOHN KEATS (UZ PP PREZENTACIJU)

Keats was born in London on ! O"tober !#$%& the eldest of Thomasand Frances Jennings Keats's four children (Tom, George andsister Fanny).

At t'e ae o ei't Keats entered En*e+d A"ade,- and be"a,e riendswit' -o.n C'ar+es Cowden C+ar/e& t'e *teen0-ear0o+d son o t'e'ead,aster1On t'e ni't o !% A2ri+ !345& w'en Keats 'ad been in s"'oo+ +ess t'an a-ear& an a""ident o"".rred t'at wo.+d a+ter 'is +ie and 2ro6ed to be t'e*rst in a series o +osses and dis+o"ations t'at wo.+d 2.rs.e 'i,t'ro.'o.t 'is brie +ie& "ertain+- "ontrib.tin to 'is ,at.re sense t'at t'e"areer o t'e artist was an e72+oration o art8s 2ower to brin so+a"e and,eanin to '.,an s.9erin1 His at'er was serio.s+- in:.red w'en 'is'orse st.,b+ed as 'e rode 'o,e (ro, 6isitin Jo'n and ;eore at En*e+d)&and 'e died t'e ne7t da-1 T'e s'o"/ to t'e a,i+- was reat& e,otiona++-and *nan"ia++-1


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t'e editor o a +ibera+ 2a2er 8T'e E7a,iner& eigh unt& w'o be"a,e areat riend o Keats1 Keats' -rst u!lished oem #as called '"de to+olitude' #hich #as u!lished in The 23aminer'1 It is said t'at Keatswanted 'is 2oetr- 2.b+is'ed or *nan"ia+ reasons1 T'e 2oe, was re"ei6edas bein a""e2tab+e and a ood atte,2t& b.t it wasn8t ti++ +ater in t'e -ear

w'en 'is 2oe, 8On irst Loo/in on C'a2,an8s Ho,er&8 t'at 'is 2otentia+and ta+ent as a 2oet was /nown and it a6e 'i, t'e re2.tation as t'e 2oetto wat"'1is -rst !oo* of oetry aeared 4rd 5arch 1816& a+t'o.' t'e boo/didn8t a"t.a++- se++ 6er- we++1 Jo'n was de2ressed b- t'is b.t /e2t writin1Per"- S'e++e- ('is riend) t'en "'a++ened Keats to an e2i" 2oetr-"o,2etition o6er t'e s.,,er1 or t'e "o,2etition Keats wrote End-,ion&a+t'o.' Keats didn8t *nis' t'e 2oe, wit'in t'e ti,e +i,it so te"'ni"a++-S'e++e- won t'e "o,2etition1 Keats was now t'e so.'t ater 2oet inLondon and 'is +ie be"a,e a w'ir+ o 2arties and dan"es& e6en t'o.'Keats didn8t +i/e "rowds 6er- ,."'11818Endymion2.b+is'ed b- Ta-+or D Hesse- 1 Jo'n to.rs t'e La/e istri"t wit'

C'ar+es @rown1 J.+- 0 3 A..st& wa+/in to.r o S"ot+and wit' @rownF A..st 0

e"e,ber& n.rses To, at Ha,2stead and ,eets ann- @rawne or t'e *rst ti,e1

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Jan.ar-& writes The Eve of St Agnes

Sta-s in S.sse7 and Ha,2s'ire

!0!# ebr.ar-& writes The Eve of St Mark

>ar"'0A2ri+& Jo'n e72erien"es a bo.t o de2ression and i6es .2 writin

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T'e @rawnes ,o6e into 2art o


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Lamia$ sa%ella$ The Eve of St Agnes and other poems is 2.b+is'ed andwe++0re6iewedF

A..st& Jo'n +ea6es t'e H.nt 'o,e and is n.rsed b- ann- @rawne ater"i1 T'e ata+ e+an"'o+-&2resent t'e 2oet as drea,erF t'e .estion in t'ese odes& as we++ as in La

@e++e a,e Sans >er"iand T'e E6e o St1 Anes&is 'ow Keats"'ara"teries t'e drea, or 6ision1 Is it a 2ositi6e e72erien"e w'i"'
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enri"'es t'e drea,erM or is it a neati6e e72erien"e w'i"' 'as t'e2otentia+ to ".t o9 t'e drea,er ro, t'e rea+ wor+d and destro- 'i,M


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!444 ro, Keats8 rand,ot'er8s estate& a+t'o.' t'is did not "o,e o.t.nti+ abo.t a -ear ater Keats8 deat'1Keats was now de2endent on 'is riends& 2eo2+e +i/e Lei' H.nt (w'o 'adot ,arried and sett+ed down) and C'ar+es @rown. %n early 1870 Keats#as sho#ing signs that he had de9eloed consumtion, coughing

u !lood.It was aro.nd t'is ti,e t'at C'ar+es bean arrane,ents orsendin Keats to Ita+- wit'o.t Keats8 /now+ede or "onsent1 T'e reasonC'ar+es wanted to send 'is riend to Ita+-& was be"a.se o t'e war,"+i,ate w'i"' at t'e ti,e was "onsidered a ".re or "ons.,2tion1 Jo'n didnot want to o as 'e "o.+d not bear t'e t'o.'t o bein 2arted ro,ann-& b.t e+t in"a2ab+e o ar.in wit' 'is riend1 Keats left for %taly in+etem!er 1870 accomanied !y his friend Joseh +e9ern (anartist).T'e :o.rne- to Ro,e was .nbearab+e and no do.bt a9e"ted Keatsand ,ade t'e i++ness worse1 T'e- were a+so& on arri6in in Ita+-&.arantined or !G da-sF t'e- were .nab+e to do"/ and were or"ed to sta-on t'e s'i2 and "ontin.e +i6in in t'e da,2& "ra,2ed en6iron,ent o t'e"abin1 On"e in Ro,e t'e two ,en +oded in a s,a++ a2art,ent :.st abo6et'e S2anis' ste2s1 Jo'n was orbidden ro, writin 2oetr- and was on+-a++owed to read t'e d.++est o boo/s as t'e- t'o.'t too ,."' e7"ite,entwo.+d ara6ate t'e i++ness1 Keats !ecame deressed again andrefused to oen any letters from Fannyas it on+- re,inded 'i, o'ow ,."' 'e ,issed 'er and 'ow 'e was .nab+e to be wit' 'er1 Ine"e,ber o t'at -ear Keats atte,2ted to "o,,it s.i"ide b- ta/in+a.dan., (a 2oison) b.t Se6ern was ab+e to sto2 'i,1"n the 74rd of Fe!ruary 1871, Keats died. e #as only 7> yearsold.

ann- on 'earin t'e news or a ew wee/s& a22eared *ne& b.t t'ens.dden+- e++ i++1 Later& ater re"o6erin ro, 'er i++ness s'e bean to wearwidow8s weeds1 Keats re.ested t'at on 'is to,bstone a++ t'at wo.+d bewritten was Here Lies one w'ose na,e was writ in water1 Howe6erC'ar+es @rown e+t t'at t'is was too s'ort and 'ad t'is "ar6ed into t'eto,bstone=T'is ;ra6e "ontains a++ t'at was >orta+ o a OUN; EN;LISH POET a+i"io.s Power o 'is Ene,ies& esired t'ese


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&omantic oets, !ecause of their theories of literature and life,#ere dra#n to lyric oetry they e9en de9eloed a ne# formof ode, often called the romantic meditati9e ode.

The literary critic Jac* +tillinger descri!es the tyicalmo9ement of the romantic ode= T'e 2oet& .n'a22- wit' t'e rea+ wor+d&

es"a2es or atte,2ts to es"a2e into t'e idea+1 isa22ointed in 'is ,enta+i't& 'e ret.rns to t'e rea+ wor+d1 Us.a++- 'e ret.rns be"a.se '.,anbeins "annot +i6e in t'e idea+ or be"a.se 'e 'as not o.nd w'at 'e wassee/in1 @.t t'e e72erien"e "'anes 'is .nderstandin o 'is sit.ation& ot'e wor+d& et"1F 'is 6iewsQee+ins at t'e end o t'e 2oe, di9ersini*"ant+- ro, t'ose 'e 'e+d at t'e beinnin o t'e 2oe,1

or Keats& an- e2i2'an-B or 6isionar- s2ot o ti,eB "o.+d on+-"o,e abo.t b- wa- o w'at 'e "a++ed neati6e "a2abi+it-&B w'i"' in6o+6est'e eras"reo se+ to e72erien"e t'e 2otent ot'erness o t'e wor+d1 And or'i, (and t'e Ro,anti"s in enera+) we ,.st "ontin.e to be o2en toe72erien"e1


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partic"larity$ am%ig"ity$ and he "ses the sym%ol as a ,eld in &hichopposing attit"des can engage+

In the @"de on a Grecian ;rnB t'e entire 2oe, o".ses on t'e.rn1 Its a+,ost as i Keats is 'o+din an .rn in 'is 'ands and t.rnin itF itst'ere ro, beinnin to end1 T'ere is a dra,a between 2er"e2tion and

ob:e"t& b.t t'ats t'e "ontro++in or, o t'e w'o+e 2oe,1 In t'e "ase ot'e .rn& 'e starts wit' t'e wor/ o art itse+& and 'is .estion is= Can art2ro6ide so,e s-ste, o sa+6ationM Hes ne6er s.re1

Ro,anti"is, was or ,an- -ears de*ned as t'e ae o ee+in aso22osed to t'e ae o reason1 or Keats& t'at is t'e wa- to tr.t' andbea.t-& t'ro.' t'e intensit- o res2onse to an ob:e"t1 So neati6e"a2abi+it-B and t'e 6a+e o so.+0,a/inB are not antit'eti"a+ notions=neati6e "a2abi+it- reers to t'e a"t o 2oeti" "o,2ositionF or a 2oet to"reate as ri"'+- and ree+- as 'e or s'e desires& it is ne"essar- to etbe-ond t'e +i,its o eo and 2ersona+it- to see a t'in ro, ,.+ti2+e2oints o 6iew1

Keatss +etters are re,ar/ab+e1 T'e- "a2t.re so,eone debatin wit''i,se+1


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+++++ co"ld %e martyred for my 0eligion 1 Love is my religion 1 co"ld diefor that+ co"ld die for yo"+ My 2reed is Love and yo" are its only tenet+3o" have ravished me a&ay ny a Po&er cannot resist4 and yet co"ldresist till sa& yo"4 and even since have seen yo" have endeavo"redoften 5to reason against the reasons of my Love+6 can do that no more 1

the pain &o"ld %e too great+ My love is sel,sh+ cannot %reathe &itho"tyo"+6

A++ written in >a- !3!$& Ode to a Ni'tina+e& Ode on a ;re"ian Urn&and Ode on >e+an"'o+- rew o.t o a 2ersistent /ind o e72erien"ew'i"' do,inated Keats8s ee+ins& attit.des& and t'o.'ts d.rin t'atti,e1 Ea"' o t'e, is a .ni.e e72erien"e& b.t ea"' o t'e, is a+so& as itwere& a a"et o a +arer e72erien"e1 T'is +arer e72erien"e is an intenseawareness o bot' t'e :o- and 2ain& t'e 'a22iness and t'e sorrow& o'.,an +ie1

In Ode to a Ni'tina+eand Ode on a ;re"ian Urn&Keats tries toree 'i,se+ ro, t'e wor+d o "'ane b- identi-in wit' t'e ni'tina+e&re2resentin nat.re& or t'e .rn& re2resentin art1 T'ese odes& as we++ asT'e Ode to Ps-"'eand t'e Ode to >e+an"'o+-& 2resent t'e 2oet asdrea,erF t'e .estion in t'ese odes& as we++ as in La @e++e a,e Sans>er"iand T'e E6e o St1 Anes&is 'ow Keats "'ara"teries t'e drea, or6ision1 Is it a 2ositi6e e72erien"e w'i"' enri"'es t'e drea,erM or is it a

neati6e e72erien"e w'i"' 'as t'e 2otentia+ to ".t o9 t'e drea,er ro,t'e rea+ wor+d and destro- 'i,M

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