John Keats – autumnal idealist or trenchant social commentator?
Traditionally regarded as a bucolic idyll, Keats's ode 'To Autumn' has a hitherto unsuspected political edge, say scholars
The bucolic calm of John Keats's "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" hides a searing criticism of contemporary landowners, according to a group of Aberystwyth academics.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 23 March, 2012
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