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Endymion
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Endymion, a poem in four books, by
Keats, written 1817, published 1818.
The poem tells, with a wealth of epithet and invention, the story of Endymion, ‘the brainsick shepherd-prince’ of Mount Latmos, who falls in love with Cynthia, the moon, and descends to the depths of the earth to find her. There he encounters a real woman, Phoebe, and falls in love with her. She turns out to be none other than Cynthia, who, after luring him, weary and perplexed, through ‘cloudy phantasms’, bears him away to eternal life. With the main story are woven the legends of Venus and Adonis, of Glaucus and Scylla, and of Arethusa. The poem includes in Bk I the well-known ‘Hymn to Pan’, and in Bk IV the roundelay ‘O sorrow’.
The allegory appears to represent the poet pursuing ideal perfection, and distracted from his quest by human beauty. The work was violently attacked in the
Quarterly Review and in
Blackwood's.
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Endymion au carrefour: La fortune litteraire et artistique du mythe d'Endymion a l'aube de l'ere moderne.(Book review)
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Keats' 'Endymion' is now a play.
Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ); 9/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...very wordy, very beautiful poem, "Endymion." Tucson actor/director Joseph McGrath...into a workable theatrical piece. "Endymion," lovingly slashed down to 1,500...has for the beautiful shepherd boy, Endymion. "As a 4,000-line poem, it's...
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Endymion
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Endymion, a poem in four books, by Keats , written 1817, published 1818. The poem tells, with a wealth of epithet and invention, the story of Endymion, ‘the brainsick shepherd-prince’ of Mount Latmos...
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Porter, Endymion
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Porter, Endymion (1587–1649), was groom of the bedchamber to Charles I, and the friend and patron of painters and poets. He was painted by Van Dyck, and Jonson , Herrick , D'Avenant , and Dekker , among others, celebrated him in verse.
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Keats, John
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...volume of poems was published in March 1817. Publication of Endymion Keats's next work, Endymion: A Poetic Romance, was published in May 1818. Keats turned the story of Endymion, a mythical shepherd, into an allegory (a narrative in which...
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John Keats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...anticipation rather than achievement. Publication of Endymion The same cannot be said of Endymion: A Poetic Romance, to the writing of which...variety of incidents. Keats turned the story of Endymion into an allegory of the romantic longing to...
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Selene
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...identified with Artemis . She fell in love with Endymion and asked Zeus to grant him a wish. Endymion chose immortality and eternal youth, which Zeus granted, but only on condition that Endymion remain forever asleep. In another story...
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