John Keats

John Keats, a name that resonates through the corridors of poetry, is the focal point of this episode of The Poetic Turn. Co-hosts Darren Stephens and Evan Carlson welcome Keats scholars, Brian Rejack and Mike Theune, to explore the life and work of this remarkable poet.

Brian Repack at Illinois State University: https://romantic-circles.org/person/brian-rejack

Mike Theune at Illinois Wesleyan University: https://www.iwu.edu/english/faculty/theune.html

The website on which they collaborate, The Keats Letters Project: https://keatslettersproject.com/description/

Also mentioned in this episode of the podcast:

The Keats poem “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad”

Diane Seuss's book Modern Poetry

The book Keats Odes, A Lover’s Discourse

The 2009 biographical romantic film, written and directed by Jane Campion, Bright Star

The book about interlinked lives of the young English Romantic poets:

Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron, and Other Tangled Lives

The Paris Review article The Vale of Soul-Making

keywords: John Keats, Romanticism, Negative Capability, Poetry, Literary History, Shakespeare, Homer, Translation, Poets, Poetry Education

Evan's website: www.evancarlsonactor.com

Darren's website: www.darrensvoice.com

Our cover art is by Lara Johnson: @lara_johnson_art