John Keats' Medical Notebook: Text, Context, and Poems

John Keats was a trained surgeon who studied at Guys Hospital, London, and this book explores the connections between his medical knowledge and his greatest poetry. It offers new research on Keats' medical career and recovers the ways in which his creativity found expression in his two careers of medicine and poetry, enriching both.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2022
Publisher: Liverpool University Press

John Keats, a talented surgeon and poet, pursued his education at Guys Hospital in London while simultaneously carving his path in the literary world. This captivating book delves into an overlooked Keats manuscript, his notebook from that period. By reconstructing the vibrant medical world that played a pivotal role in Keats' intellectual and imaginative growth, it aims to unveil the intriguing connections between his medical knowledge and his greatest poetry. Through extensive research, including a new edition of his medical Notebook compiled from the manuscript, it sheds light on Keats' medical career, offering fresh insights into his professional journey. Moreover, it explores the diverse ways in which Keats' creativity found expression in his two careers of medicine and poetry, enriching both fields. The book delves into various topics, including the 'hospital poems' Keats penned during his time at Guys, the medical milieu of his daily life, his working methods revealed through his medical Notebook and other archival sources, and the medical contexts that influenced his composition of Endymion and the collection Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems (1820).

John Keats, a talented surgeon and poet, pursued his education at Guys Hospital in London while simultaneously carving his path in the literary world. This captivating book delves into an overlooked Keats manuscript, his notebook from that period. By reconstructing the vibrant medical world that played a pivotal role in Keats' intellectual and imaginative growth, it aims to unveil the intriguing connections between his medical knowledge and his greatest poetry. Through extensive research, including a new edition of his medical Notebook compiled from the manuscript, it sheds light on Keats' medical career, offering fresh insights into his professional journey. Moreover, it explores the diverse ways in which Keats' creativity found expression in his two careers of medicine and poetry, enriching both fields. The book delves into various topics, including the 'hospital poems' Keats penned during his time at Guys, the medical milieu of his daily life, his working methods revealed through his medical Notebook and other archival sources, and the medical contexts that influenced his composition of Endymion and the collection Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems (1820).

John Keats, a talented surgeon and poet, pursued his education at Guys Hospital in London while simultaneously carving his path in the literary world. This captivating book delves into an overlooked Keats manuscript, his notebook from that period. By reconstructing the vibrant medical world that played a pivotal role in Keats' intellectual and imaginative growth, it aims to unveil the intriguing connections between his medical knowledge and his greatest poetry. Through extensive research, including a new edition of his medical Notebook compiled from the manuscript, it sheds light on Keats' medical career, offering fresh insights into his professional journey. Moreover, it explores the diverse ways in which Keats' creativity found expression in his two careers of medicine and poetry, enriching both fields. The book delves into various topics, including the 'hospital poems' Keats penned during his time at Guys, the medical milieu of his daily life, his working methods revealed through his medical Notebook and other archival sources, and the medical contexts that influenced his composition of Endymion and the collection Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, and Other Poems (1820).

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781802077025