John Keats selected by Sir Andrew Motion Carmen Bugan  the book maps the

 the book maps the region in poems relating to past and present

the erotic

which cut and run across the parterre of poetic decorum with their cartoon-strip energies and air of misrule

From the desolation at the heat-death of the universe to the impassable distance between two people talking

John Keats selected by Sir Andrew Motion Carmen Bugan  the book maps theIn this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep