The Essential Keats

Philip Levine, American poet and author, has selected a wonderful collection of John Keats' greatest works, showcasing a poet of intelligence, craft and charm, second only to Shakespeare in his brilliant power of phrase. "This poet whose greatest ambition was to be 'among the English poets,'" Levine writes in his introduction, "is not only preeminent among those of the past, but for well over a century he has continued to be the yardstick by which those who have written poetry in our language can measure their success. He remains a wellspring to which all of us might go to refresh our belief in the value of this art."