Teach Yourself Literature - The Poetry of John Keats

John Keats was an English poet from the Romantic era. He lived a short life from 1795-1821, but in that short life he published 54 poems. In each of his poems he expressed the message that beauty and truth can help us to transcend the suffering and hopelessness of the world.

This guide permits anyone, young or old, to access Great Literature on their own, beginning with the poetry of the venerable English poet, John Keats, whom his friends called on his epitaph, "A priest of Beauty, slain before his time".

This guide includes easy to understand introductions to major concepts that define the Romantic Era of the arts, and covers six of John Keats' poems with thinking questions to guide your reading. If you cover just one chapter per week, and thorougly answer the questions, you will have an enhanced ability to understand literature and articulate your opinions about it within just six-eight weeks!