Alessandro Gallenzi
Written in Water: Keats's final Journey
Written in Water: Keats's final Journey
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John Keats left London for Italy on 17th September 1820, accompanied by his friend Joseph Severn, in a desperate bid to restore his health. Despite his assertion that he no longer felt a citizen of the world, his final five months were filled with events of great biographical interest. Alessandro Gallenzi has pieced together all the available material to help the reader follow the poet step by step from his departure and voyage to Naples, through to his arduous journey to Rome and harrowing death in his lodgings by the Spanish Steps in February 1821. The result is a gripping narrative packed with detail and new revelations, offering a wider picture that enhances our understanding of both poet and man.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 20 June 2024
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
John Keats, a young poet, embarked on a desperate journey to Italy on 17th September 1820, accompanied by his friend Joseph Severn, in a bid to restore his health. Troubled by money worries and broken in body and mind, he launched on his last journey on earth with both a sense of hope and a deep foreboding that his efforts would be in vain. Despite his own assertion that he no longer felt a citizen of the world and was leading a "posthumous life", his final five months were filled with events of great biographical interest. Keatss editor and translator Alessandro Gallenzi has pieced together all the available material, adding newly discovered and previously unpublished documents, to help the reader follow the poet step by step from his departure and tumultuous voyage to Naples, through to his arduous journey to Rome and harrowing death in his lodgings by the Spanish Steps in February 1821. The result is a gripping narrative packed with detail and new revelations, one that invites us to strip away the Romantic patina that has formed over the story of Keatss short life, offering a wider picture that enhances our understanding of both poet and man.
Dimension: 198 x 129 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781846884719
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