Keats Northern Walking Tour June 25-August 6, 1818.
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Transcript of Keats Northern Walking Tour June 25-August 6, 1818.
Background Background Keats was 22 when he accepted Charles Brown’s Keats was 22 when he accepted Charles Brown’s
invitation to undertake a walking tour of invitation to undertake a walking tour of approximately 2000 miles through northern approximately 2000 miles through northern England and Scotland, with a diversion to England and Scotland, with a diversion to northern Ireland.northern Ireland.
Keats letters and poems of the 1818 walking tour Keats letters and poems of the 1818 walking tour were intended to entertain his brothers and were intended to entertain his brothers and friends. friends.
Part of a tradition of travel writing started by Part of a tradition of travel writing started by Samuel Johnson and Boswell who wrote a guide Samuel Johnson and Boswell who wrote a guide book about their travels to Scotland. book about their travels to Scotland.
Popularity of travel literature at this timePopularity of travel literature at this time
BackgroundBackground
Keats’s journey was defined in part by Keats’s journey was defined in part by what he had read and heard about the what he had read and heard about the places he was visitingplaces he was visiting
The journey falls into essentially two The journey falls into essentially two episodes: the visit to the Lake District and episodes: the visit to the Lake District and the visits to Scotland and briefly Ireland.the visits to Scotland and briefly Ireland.
Relationship between the tour and Keats’s Relationship between the tour and Keats’s conception of himself as a poet. He saw conception of himself as a poet. He saw the tour as essential to his development as the tour as essential to his development as a poet.a poet.
Dumfries: St. Michael’s Churchyard Dumfries: St. Michael’s Churchyard Burns Mausoleum (Keats wrote Burns Mausoleum (Keats wrote
“This mortal body” here)“This mortal body” here)
Alloway Robert Burns CottageAlloway Robert Burns Cottage(Keats wrote “This mortal body of a (Keats wrote “This mortal body of a
thousand days here) thousand days here)
Inverness (Keats took coach from Inverness (Keats took coach from here to return to London)here to return to London)
EpilogueEpilogue
Keats was back in London by August Keats was back in London by August 18.18.
He returned early because he was ill.He returned early because he was ill. He found his brother Tom critically ill He found his brother Tom critically ill
and took care of him until he died in and took care of him until he died in December.December.
Keats began writing “Hyperion.”Keats began writing “Hyperion.”