The Immortal Evening - A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb (Paperback)

On 28 December 1817, Benjamin Robert Haydon hosted what he refers to in his diaries and autobiography as the "immortal dinner". He wanted to introduce his young friend John Keats to the great William Wordsworth and to celebrate his progress on his most important historical painting so far, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, in which Keats, Wordsworth and Charles Lamb, also a guest at the party, appear. After thoughtful and entertaining discussions of poetry and art and their relation to Enlightenment science, the party evolves into a lively, raucous evening. This event will prove to be a highlight in the lives of these immortals. A beautiful and profound work of extraordinary brilliance, The Immortal Evening takes this dinner as a lens through which to understand the lives and work of these men and to contemplate the immortality of genius.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2016
Authors:	Stanley Plumly
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-35306-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-393-35306-0
Barcode:	9780393353068

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