John Keats: podcast appearances and interviews

John Keats was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, alongside Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poetic career was brief; his works were published for less than four years before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 25. Despite the limited recognition during his lifetime, Keats's fame increased significantly after his death, and by the end of the 19th century he had been established as a key figure in English literature. His poetry greatly influenced the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and other writers of the Victorian era. Keats is known for his rich, sensual style, especially in his series of odes, which emphasize intense emotion and natural imagery characteristic of Romanticism. His works, including 'Ode to a Nightingale', 'Ode on a Grecian Urn', 'Sleep and Poetry', and the sonnet 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer', remain widely read and studied. Jorge Luis Borges recounted that his initial experience reading Keats was profoundly influential throughout his life. Keats's medievalist poems such as 'La Belle Dame sans Merci' and 'The Eve of St. Agnes' also played a significant role in inspiring later poets and shaping the artistic movements of the period.