Article: Poetry Of John Keats: 'Hyperion' and 'The Fall Of Hyperion, A Dream,' Introduction

Keats, John
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
"Hyperion" and "The Fall Of Hyperion, A Dream," Introduction:

Even while Keats was writing "Endy mion," in the summer and fall of
1817, he was dissatisfied with it, and was looking around for possible
subjects for a new work, one in which he might avoid the pitfalls into which
he had fallen in his first long poem. The subject of Hyperion came to his
attention and seemed capable of supplying material for the epic he had in
mind, particularly as it differed so markedly from "Endymion." Where
"Endymion," written under the influence of Spenser and Leigh Hunt, and having
as its basic symbol the moon, was the story of a young shepherd's pursuit of
love and ...

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