Category Archives: De Almeida, Hermione
Physician and Humanist: Medicine and the Poetry of John Keats
Hermione de Almeida discusses the connections between poetry and medicine in the life and work of English romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821). A physician by training, Keats found ideas and analogies in nineteenth-century science and medical philosophy that stimulated several … Continue reading
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Tagged English poetry -- nineteenth century, Humanism, John Keats, Poetry, Romanticism
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The Art of Literary Biography, Part 2 of 7: Byron
Leslie Marchand and Hermione de Almeida discuss the life and poetry of Lord Byron (George Gordon). Aspects include his congenital clubfoot; revolutionary movements in Italy and Greece and Byron’s political identity as a radical aristocratic reformer with humanitarian instincts; and his satirical leanings … Continue reading
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Tagged George Gordon Lord Byron, Literary biography, Literary Criticism, Romanticism
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