Keats
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Yeats, in 1963; later works include well-regarded studies of Wallace Stevens and John Keats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
It builds our capacity for what Keats called “negative capability,” a tolerance for “being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Another who is set to play, Duke Keats, said the movement also served as a reminder of how "diverse and rich the city is".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
What I do know is that there's a really interesting story there that's comparable in its interest and complexity to the story of The Beatles, John Keats, William Blake and Bob Dylan.
From Salon ● May 25, 2024
“The poet Keats said it first. Dr. Malone knows. It’s how I read the alethiometer. It’s how you use the knife, isn’t it?”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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