| Title | : | Bright Star, Green Light: The Beautiful and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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| ISBN | : | 0008424977 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780008424978 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
| Publication | : | Published February 4, 2021 |
‘For awhile after you quit Keats,’ Fitzgerald once wrote, ‘All other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.’
John Keats died two hundred years ago, in February 1821. F. Scott Fitzgerald defined a decade that began one hundred years ago, the Jazz Age.
In this biography, prizewinning author Jonathan Bate recreates these two shining, tragic lives in parallel. Not only was Fitzgerald profoundly influenced by Keats, titling Tender is the Night and other works from the poet’s lines, but the two lived with echoing fates: both died young, loved to drink, were plagued by tuberculosis, were haunted by their first love, and wrote into a new decade of release, experimentation and decadence.
Luminous and vital, this biography goes through the looking glass to meet afresh two of the greatest and best-known Romantic writers in their twinned centuries.
Bright Star, Green Light: The Beautiful and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald Reviews
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AH!! so some books really are written especially for me!!!
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a book made in a lab to appeal specifically to my interests I think
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To begin with, I will say I will definitely read this book as it looks fascinating. This review is purely concerning the audiobook version. The narrator appears to think he is on the stage rather than reading the book aloud. It is ham acting at its worst. So bad was it - and I love both Fitzgerald and Keats - I could not get past the fourth chapter.
As I said, I will definitely read the book. But as I write this review, I'm still trying to get this narrator's voice out of my head. -
I really enjoyed reading this book. As someone who is a huge fan of both Keats and FSF I was shocked to not know how influenced FSF was by Keats! I found this book really interesting, with some opinions that has made me go back and read poems/stories. Jonathan Bate has done a great job!
I gave 3 stars because at times I found it a bit repetitive but I certainly wouldn’t have been able to create anything as remotely decent as this book. -
A superb book. I have adored Keats all my life, and it’s made me think I should probably adore FSF too (and forgive him his faults). At the very least I will re-read ‘The Great Gatsby’ and delve into his short stories.
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While on a recent trip to the Historic Lake Lure Inn in NC I searched for a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This one came up as included in my Audible membership. What an interesting read.
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i was fooled by a beautiful cover again
