Keats

A readable guide to the poet's life.

James Marriott, The Times

Outstanding... [Miller's] knowledge of all things Keatsian is formidable... For newcomers to Keats, Miller's is the best short introduction I have come across.

John Carey, Sunday Times

Miller disrobes the myth, while helping us to appreciate what she calls Keats's "vertiginous originality". As a wittily perceptive introduction to (or reminder of) the poet and his work, her book is unlikely to be surpassed any time soon.

Miranda Seymour, Financial Times

Lucasta Miller's task, which she carries out very successfully, is to strip away what we think when we think about Keats... This excellent book... enters an already crowded market of Keats biographies, but earns its place through its firm basis in precise reading. Miller is empathetic, and relishes Keats's best phrases.

Philip Hensher, Spectator

Lucasta Miller's brilliant life of Keats, told through a close reading of "nine poems and one epitaph", reminds us more than once of the way in which Keats can deploy Shakespearean techniques to stop us in our readerly tracks. A timely and fresh re-appropriation of Keats... satisfying, engaging and accessible.

Rowan Williams, New Statesman

Excellent... [Keats] challenges us to make up our own minds about the self-styled 'chamelion poet'.

Claire Harman, Evening Standard

Creates a vivid picture of Keats's writing process.

Conrad Landin, Islington Tribune

An enlightening and perceptive introduction to (or reminder of) the great Romantic poet's life and work.

Financial Times

In lucid, graceful prose she [Miller] manages to bring us closer to the life and work of a poet who never seemed that far away... I didn't want this book to end.

Times Literary Supplement, *Books of the Year*

Thought-provoking… No single reading or assertion dominates the book…everything is treated with deep care and admirably intelligent judgement.

London Review of Books