The immortal evening : a legendary dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb
Plumly, Stanley
The immortal evening : a legendary dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb / Stanley Plumly. - First edition. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2014 - 368 p. ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
On December 28, 1817, the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon hosted what he referred to in his diaries and autobiography as the "immortal dinner." He wanted to introduce his young friend John Keats to the great William Wordsworth and to celebrate with his friends his most important historical painting thus far, "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem," in which Keats, Wordsworth, and Charles Lamb (also a guest at the party) appeared. After thoughtful and entertaining discussions of poetry and art and their relation to Enlightenment science, the party evolved into a lively, raucous evening. This legendary event would prove to be a highlight in the lives of these immortals. A beautiful and profound work of extraordinary brilliance, The Immortal Evening regards the dinner as a lens through which to understand the lives and work of these legendary artists and to contemplate the immortality of genius.
9780393080995
Keats, John (1795 - 1821) ---Friends and associates
Wordsworth, William (1770 - 1850) ---Friends and associates
Lamb, Charles (1775-1834) ---Friends and associates
Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786 - 1846) ---Friends and associates
English poetry---History and criticism---19th century
Poets, English---19th century----Biography
Artists---England--Biography
Dinners and dining.
London (England)---Intellectual life---19th century
PR590 / .P68 2014
821.709
The immortal evening : a legendary dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb / Stanley Plumly. - First edition. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2014 - 368 p. ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
On December 28, 1817, the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon hosted what he referred to in his diaries and autobiography as the "immortal dinner." He wanted to introduce his young friend John Keats to the great William Wordsworth and to celebrate with his friends his most important historical painting thus far, "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem," in which Keats, Wordsworth, and Charles Lamb (also a guest at the party) appeared. After thoughtful and entertaining discussions of poetry and art and their relation to Enlightenment science, the party evolved into a lively, raucous evening. This legendary event would prove to be a highlight in the lives of these immortals. A beautiful and profound work of extraordinary brilliance, The Immortal Evening regards the dinner as a lens through which to understand the lives and work of these legendary artists and to contemplate the immortality of genius.
9780393080995
Keats, John (1795 - 1821) ---Friends and associates
Wordsworth, William (1770 - 1850) ---Friends and associates
Lamb, Charles (1775-1834) ---Friends and associates
Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786 - 1846) ---Friends and associates
English poetry---History and criticism---19th century
Poets, English---19th century----Biography
Artists---England--Biography
Dinners and dining.
London (England)---Intellectual life---19th century
PR590 / .P68 2014
821.709
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