Record Number: 17372
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost" in Book 1, lines 527-67]: Keats underlines the lines from 'the glittering staff unfurl'd' to 'Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield'. He then writes: 'The light and shade - the sort of black brightness - the ebon diamonding - the ethiop Immortality - the sorrow, the pain, the sad-sweet Melody - the Phalanges of Spirits so depressed as to be "uplifted beyond hope" - the short mitigation of Misery - the thousand Melancholies and Magnificences of this Page - leaves no room for anything to be said thereon but "so it is".'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:31 Oct 1795
Socio-Economic Group:n/a
Occupation:poet
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Paradise Lost
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:17372
Source:John Keats
Editor:John Barnard
Title:John Keats: The Complete Poems
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:519-20
Additional Comments:
The marginalia is transcribed in Appendix 4 of this edition.
Citation:
John Keats, John Barnard (ed.), John Keats: The Complete Poems, (London, 1988), p. 519-20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=17372, accessed: 03 November 2024
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