John Keats: The Making of a Poet

First edition
Author	Aileen Ward
Published	Secker & Warburg (1963)
Media type	Print
Pages	488
Awards	National Book Award for Arts and Letters (1964), Duff Cooper Prize (1963)
ISBN	0374520291

John Keats: The Making of a Poet is a biography about the poet written by Aileen Ward.

About

This insightful biography depicts John Keats very accurately with "the kind of unobtrusive sympathy that is one of the best gifts of the biographer."^[1] It delves into both the personal and professional life of the man, even touching on his inner workings. Ward successfully describes Keats' development with "sensitivity and elegance." At various points in the book, Keats is depicted as greater than the "common man," and the book is ultimately a valuable resource for readers interested in getting to know Keats both as a person and a poet.

Awards and Reviews

• Winner of the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize.
• National Book Award for Arts and Letters (Non-fiction).
• " for Aileen Ward, his latest biographer, both the poems and letters are merely reflections of the more important ""inner drama"" which was his life." -Kirkus Reviews
• "My favorite Keats biography is Aileen Ward's John Keats: The Making of a Poet." -Anthony deMello (John Keats Forum)

Other books by this author

• The Unfurling of Entity: Metaphor in Poetic Theory
• The Poems of John Keats (editor)
• The Works of William Blake in the Huntington Collections (co-author)

External links

1. Kirkus Reviews ^[2] 2. John Keats Forum ^[3] 3. Good Reads ^[4]

1. "John Keats: The Making of a Poet". Good Reads. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
2. "John Keats: The Making of a Poet". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
3. deMello, Anthony. "Best Keats Biography". http://www.john-keats.com/. John Keats Forum. Retrieved 15 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
4. "John Keats: The Making of a Poet". Good Reads. Retrieved 15 July 2014.