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Aileen Ward discusses the biography "John Keats: The Making of a Poet"

BROADCAST: 1963 | DURATION: 00:58:55

Synopsis

Author, professor, and John Keats biographer, Aileen Ward, discusses and reads from the biography “John Keats: The Making of a Poet.” Ward discusses Keats’ schooling, his relationship with Fanny Brawne, and Keats’ work in comparison to his contemporaries such as Percy Bysshe Shelley. Ward reads Keats’ 1818 poem entitled “Isabella, or the Pot of Basil.” Studs plays a recording of Ralph Richardson reading Keats’ 1819 poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

Details

Broadcast Date
1963

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
58 minutes, 55 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Literature Poetry

People

Authors, Writers Historians

Tags

Keats, John, 1795-1821 Ward, Aileen Lyricists Authors, American. Biography Biographers Audiotapes. Radio programs. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 English poetry Romantic poet Neill, Alexander Sutherland, 1883-1973 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 Isabella, or the Pot of Basil (1818) Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 "Ode on a Grecian Urn" - Ralph Richardson (1958) Brawne, Fanny, 1800-1865 Ward, Aileen. John Keats.

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