Context Flashcards
When did Keats’ relationship with Fanny Brawne begin?
1818 and they were engaged in 1819
Why did Fanny and Keats not marry?
Keats was not financially stable after leaving his physician training to be a poet
Why did Keats move to Italy?
John Keats moved to Italy in hope that the weather would improve his health. However, he died and never married Fanny
How did Keats contract TB?
From caring for his brother, Tom, in 1817
What did Keats fascination with medievalism lead to?
Him retelling the Decameron
How are Keats political views central to the poem?
He exerts disdain for the brother’s self-interest and wealth. He dislikes this as marrying for wealth is the reason he could not marry Fanny
What is neoclassicism?
Reviving greek and roman culture by introducing it to a modern society
What is the comparison between ‘Isabella’ and ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’?
In ‘Isabella’ Keats uses mythology to tell his story, whereas in ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’, he uses his passion for classics to tell the story
