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Keats

Romantic poet admired for his sensuous imagery and early death.

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Also known as these three Keats , who died young , cut off in his prime

First appearance: lecture iii on the difference between verse and prose

Keats shows up with force in Lecture IX: On the Lineage of English Literature (II). The page is where that presence becomes real.

Noted for drawing from Lemprière and as part of the Romantic revival.
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Keats first appears in 0005 lecture iii on the difference between verse and prose.

In Lecture IX: On the Lineage of English Literature (II): Noted for drawing from Lemprière and as part of the Romantic revival.

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