John Keats selected by Sir Andrew Motion Shazea Quraishi fierce poems melancholy and unease

fierce poems melancholy and unease spangle the Midlands air like dust and 'heartsick towns' search for new ways to be and begin again

What an amazing range of language

" - Roger Kimball

devising a transformative poetics

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John Keats selected by Sir Andrew Motion Shazea Quraishi fierce poems melancholy and uneaseIn this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep