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The Romanticsbl.uk/romantics-and-victorians Browse a huge hub of rich resources Explore short critical articles, perfect

for A level studentsFrom the Manuscript of Blake’s ‘London’to Wordsworth & the Sublime

Read Stephanie Forward’s brilliant introduction to the Romantics

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Our free Discovering Literature website uses British Library treasures to bring literature to life for students and teachers. There’s a whole module on the Romantics and Victorians. Click on ‘Themes’ to find rich, reliable resources on Romanticism. Read and share Stephanie Forward’s excellent introduction to key themes and ideas. Or explore articles on everything from the manuscript of Blake’s ‘London’ to Wordsworth and the Sublime. They’re all written by respected scholars, but they’ve been tailored especially to A-level students and teachers.

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Keats in Context

Excellent, illustrated articles• ‘Proved upon our pulses’: Keats in context• John Keats and negative capability• John Keats, poet-physican

Vivid contextual sources

PresenterPresentation NotesFrom the Romantics and Victorians website, click on the ‘Authors’ tab to find all our resources on John Keats. There’s a suite of articles that shine a light on his context – from his ideas on ‘negative capability’ to his training in medicine. Embedded within those articles are vivid contextual sources – an engraving of Guy’s Hospital, or a copy of The Pantheon which helped nurture Keats’ interest in Classical myth.

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Critics on Keats

Find a range of accessible essays with critical views on Keats’ poems

• Daljit Nagra on ‘To Autumn’: a city dweller’s perspective• Stephen Hebron on ‘Ode to Melancholy’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’

and ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’

Manuscript poems by Keats

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