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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 13 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Paul Hilliar. |
| Summary |
An immensely pleasurable biography of two interwoven, tragic figures: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald In this radiant dual biography, Jonathan Bate explores the fascinating parallel lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald, writers who worked separately-on different continents, a century apart, in distinct genres-but whose lives uncannily echoed. Not only was Fitzgerald profoundly influenced by Keats, titling Tender is the Night and other works from the poet's lines, but the two shared similar fates: both died young, loved to drink, were plagued by tuberculosis, were haunted by their first love, and wrote into a new decade of release, experimentation, and decadence. Both were outsiders and Romantics, longing for the past as they sped blazingly into the future. Using Plutarch's ancient model of "parallel lives," Jonathan Bate recasts the inspired lives of two of the greatest and best‑known Romantic writers. Commemorating both the bicentenary of Keats' death and the centenary of the Roaring Twenties, this is a moving exploration of literary influence. "An excellent introduction to each writer…[that] illuminates both." "Keats was Fitzgerald's guiding star…An energetic and highly engaging game of literary ping-pong across the ages…What an immensely charismatic pair they are." "Bate…zeroes in on the work: his feeling for it, by being so exacting, is infectious, especially in the case of Keats…The principal achievement of this pairing is to remind us of the way that literature connects us." "Counterpointing the two men's writing lives and ambitions, as Bate does here, throws fresh light on both men." "With a fine-tuned ear for poetic language, a master-biographer's eye for the revealing detail, and an astonishing mental filing system, Jonathan Bate has written a wonderfully illuminating and moving book." |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Keats, John, 1795-1821.
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Keats, John, 1795-1821 -- Influence.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
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Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Hilliar, Paul, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9798200757534 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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8200757536 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14940903 |
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