John Keats Romantic

Info
- second only to Shakespeare in command of English language
- sees art as excape from earthly misery

Works
- The Eve of St. Agnes -
- "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" - excitement of literary discovery
- Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems - "the most brilliant collection of verse published in nineteenth century" (Horton 574)

Terms
- agnosticism - "questioning of certainty" (Horton 574)
- aestheticism - "religious regard for art" (Horton 574)

Citation
Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.