Record Number: 22613
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 4, lines 1-5] Keats underlines the lines: "O for that warning voice, which he who saw/ The Apocalypse heard cry in Heaven aloud,/ Then when the Dragon put to second rout,/ Came furious down to be revenged on men,". He writes: 'A friend of mine says this Book has the finest opening of any - the point of time is gigantically critical - the wax is melted, the seal is aobut to be applied - and Milton breaks out, "O for that warning voice," etc. There is moreover an opportunity for a Grandeur of Tenderness - the opportunity is not lost. Nothing can be higher - Nothing so more than delphic.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:31 Oct 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:poet
Religion:atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Paradise Lost
Genre:Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:22613
Source:John Keats
Editor:John Barnard
Title:John Keats: The Complete Poems
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:524
Additional Comments:
The marginalia is transcribed in Appendix 4 of this edition
Citation:
John Keats, John Barnard (ed.), John Keats: The Complete Poems (London, 1988), p. 524, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22613, accessed: 16 April 2024
Additional Comments:
The "friend" mentioned is probably Benjamin Bailey.
