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Thomas N. N. Corns
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Lynne Greenberg
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Zeyi Zhang
Book Review
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Karen Britland
Book Review
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Arnaud Zimmerin
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Stephen J. Schuler
Book Review
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Braulio Fernandez Biggs
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Clay Daniel
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Marina Rodriguez Bria
Summary: This article focuses on the relationship between musician Muzio Clementi and the intellectuals of his time in England. The most significant connection was his friendship with the writer Thomas Holcroft and the philosopher William Godwin. By analyzing documents, recent studies, and comparing them with different testimonies, the article contributes to Clementi's biography based on his interactions with the thinkers of the time, which influenced his personality and professional activity as a musician. It becomes clear that he was not only an exceptional musician but also an intellectual with an enlightened mind who used music to engage with the ideas that were causing great changes in Europe.
KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW
(2023)
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Poetry
Kaushik Tekur
Summary: In this essay, the author discusses Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind' in relation to the use of apostrophe as a poetic device. The essay explores how the speaker fails to understand the limitations of apostrophes at first but later recognizes the revolutionary possibilities they offer. By linking the poem with Althusser's concept of interpellation and his idea of the encounter with the Police as a theater, the author argues that understanding the failure of the speaker's attempts at interpellating the West Wind is facilitated by comparing Shelley's 'Oh hear!' with Althusser's 'Hey, you there!'. The essay concludes that Shelley desires to be the West Wind not because it represents a revolutionary subject, but because it does not.
KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW
(2023)
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Zoran Varga
Summary: This essay discusses Percy Bysshe Shelley's transformative rhetoric, focusing on the body and its potentially revolutionary transformation within the nature/culture landscape, particularly through his discourse on vegetarianism. It examines Timothy Morton's work on Shelley's vegetarianism and 'dark ecology' to juxtapose the concept of diet with ecological awareness and the reformist intentions in Shelley's rhetoric. The essay closely analyzes Shelley's A Vindication of Natural Diet as part of his larger work, Queen Mab (printed in 1813), within the context of the reception of Shelley's poetry in ecocriticism, aiming to address contemporary ecological issues and their echoes in Western civilization.
KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW
(2023)
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Poetry
Valentina Varinelli
Summary: The article presents a newly acquired letter from Mary Shelley and Percy Florence. The letter provides insights into their daily life in Florence during their continental tour and discusses topics such as Percy's attendance at carnival balls, Mary's financial difficulties, her strained relationship with Laura Galloni d'Istria, and the opposition to Dina's marriage to Henry Hunt.
KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW
(2023)
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Poetry
Susan J. Wolfson
Summary: This essay tells the story of a cultic misprision of a manuscript leaf containing Keats's Sonnet to Sleep, from its composition in June 1820, to an auction in May 1829, news published in 1933, and its eventual arrival in the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library. The story involves various individuals such as John Hamilton Reynolds, Sir John Bowring, bookseller William T. Spencer, Keats Memorial House curator Fred Edgcumbe, and bibliophile Owen D. Young. Although Susan Wolfson is the main author of this essay, it reflects collaborative advice from Keats scholars John Barnard and Nicholas Roe.
KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW
(2023)
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Elena Bonacini
Summary: This essay explores the complex relationship between prophecies, poems, and dreams in Keats's poetry. Keats considers whether the dreaming imagination can alleviate the harsh realities of human life and reconcile ourselves to our situation. Through a close reading of key passages from Hyperion, the Odes, and 'Bright Star', Keats negotiates his conflicting notions of the poet as a healer for all and as a dreamer.
KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW
(2023)
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Peter Larner
Summary: This article aims to enhance our knowledge about one of the key individuals in the life of John Keats. Joseph Severn, who accompanied Keats to Rome and was present at his deathbed, is the focal point of this research. The essay began with the discovery of a painting in 1993, titled "The Infant of the Apocalypse Caught up to Heaven," which consumed ten years of Severn's life. This painting's tumultuous history serves as a captivating narrative, challenging the perception that Severn's fame solely resulted from his association with Keats. Locating the missing artwork in Rome three decades ago ignited the genesis of this essay.
KEATS-SHELLEY REVIEW
(2023)
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Poetry
William Glover
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Trevor Mcmichael
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Stuart Andrews
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Tim Fulford
Summary: This article argues that a closer examination of the unpublished manuscripts of Thomas Wedgwood reveals a higher level of similarity between his writings and those of Wordsworth than previously acknowledged by scholars. These manuscripts suggest that Wedgwood's ideas about learning were a significant influence on Wordsworth's career. However, it is important to note that the surviving materials can only provide circumstantial evidence and do not offer conclusive proof of influence.
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Thomas Casalaspi
