Negative Capability: The Intuitive Approach in Keats (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Walter Jackson Bate

 
9780266738084: Negative Capability: The Intuitive Approach in Keats (Classic Reprint)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0266738087 ISBN 13: 9780266738084
Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Intense, concrete imagery drives Keats’s poetry, turning perception into living truth.

This nonfiction examination uncovers how Keats fused sense and body to shape vivid, tactile poetry. It traces a path from “negative capability” to a concrete vision that grounds every image in touch, scent, sight, and sound, keeping emotion tightly linked to what is truly felt.

  • Discover how intensity sits inside the concrete, guiding word choice and revision.
  • See concrete details rewritten to sharpen perception, from underlined passages to vivid epithets.
  • Explore how Keats blends senses to produce a unified, immersive image.
  • Learn why tactile imagery strengthens meaning and brings poems to life.
Ideal for readers of Romantic poetry and literary criticism who want a clear map of Keats’s craft and the science behind his vivid verisimilitude.

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Publisher
Forgotten Books
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0266738087
ISBN 13 
9780266738084
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
102

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