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Dr. Marilyn Butler shows how Keats used the newly rediscovered classical Pantheon to the benefit of his poetry. Moving away from a straightforward approach, he uses the figures like characters in a... drama or novel, and usually, as surrogates for himself, suffering artists. She deals with La Belle Dame Lamia, To Psyche, To Autumn and Endymion in some detail. He made the stories vehicles for primal truths, and traditional function of myth, but his truths are not those of organized religion.
Dr. Marilyn Butler shows how Keats used the newly rediscovered classical Pantheon to the benefit of his poetry. Moving away from a straightforward approach, he uses the figures like characters in a... drama or novel, and usually, as surrogates for himself, suffering artists. She deals with La Belle Dame Lamia, To Psyche, To Autumn and Endymion in some detail. He made the stories vehicles for primal truths, and traditional function of myth, but his truths are not those of organized religion.
| Module code and title: | A362, Romantic poetry |
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| Item code: | A362; 10 |
| Recording date: | 1983-09-21 |
| First transmission date: | 08-08-1984 |
| Published: | 1984 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:21 |
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| Producer: | Peter Walton |
| Contributor: | Marilyn Butler |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Master spool number: | TMK38952H701 |
| Production number: | JYM952H701 |
| Available to public: | no |
