The road to Lethe’s goblet (II)
The road to Lethe’s goblet (II)
Author(s): Mihai StroeSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: letter correspondence; poet for poets; suicide; depression; farewell note; medical history; fourth dimension; Lethe mystique; the “Minx”; substance abuse; higher consciousness
Summary/Abstract: The following is Section II of a story of Hart Crane (Section I, previous issue) and John Keats (this issue), in which we focus on the dramatic aspects surrounding the works and the lives, with special reference to the letters. Section II explores in full detail the following with respect to Keats: mercury poisoning, possible saturnism, possible venereal disease, alcohol and opium abuse, depression, tuberculosis (Section I analyzed the following with respect to Hart Crane: depression, alcohol abuse, suicide). For full abstract, see previous issue. pp. 155–230
Journal: Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity
- Issue Year: 3/2015
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 155-230
- Page Count: 76
- Language: English
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