In this highly perceptive and original study Evert traces Keats' formulation in his early work of mythography of the imagination founded on Apollo through its r

A revaluation of the poet's works reveals his critical feelings towards the literature, sexuality, religion and politics of his time as well as his uncertaintie

A reassessment of the historical dimension of Keat's poetry that addresses the influence on his work of the immediate post-Waterloo period and traces his source

Argues that Keat's six odes form a sequence, identifies their major themes, and provides detailed interpretations of the poems' philosophy, mythological referen