Literature Online: A brief biography of John Keats
http://longman.awl.com/kennedy/keats/biography.html
This biography is succinct and well-written assessment of Keats's life and career.
John Keats
http://www.john-keats.com
Thilo's site has lots of information, including commentary on various poems and a lengthy biography.
It also has a selection of letters and a Forum page where you can meet and chat with other Keats enthusiasts. There is a shop which lists Keats-related books.Atlantic Unbound: Soundings: To Autumn
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/soundings/keats.htm
Four writers recite one of Keats's most famous odes. There is an introductory essay as well.John Keats and the Modern World
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~mn3ims/index%202.htm
This site explores Keats's relevance to modern life, as well as the meaning of several works.
Bartleby's Poetical Works of John Keats
http://www.bartleby.com/126/index.html
Another place to read Keats's poetry, complete with notes and an introduction.
Temple of Many Gods: John Keats
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/1805/jkeats.html
An interesting site with some fun facts about Keats.John Keats: An exhibit at the British Library
http://portico.bl.uk/exhibitions/keats/overview.html
An internet site for the 1996 Keats exhibit at the British Library.
Further Reading: Some of my favorite websites / articles:
Some quotes from my favorite film, 'Out of the Past'.
And SilentGents.com has lots of pictures of the incomparable Buster Keaton.
Andrew Bird performs 'A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left'
A link to various live performances of a great song. Modern poetry is almost uniformly lousy, but luckily we have wonderful songwriters as compensation.
Jeff Buckley reads Edgar Allan Poe's Ulalume
Poe's poetry is always interesting, and Buckley's voice is perfect for reading aloud - what a treat!
Arts & Letters Daily always has interesting links to follow.
Watch The Doctor fight off challenges from Stoner, Hayden, Pedrosa, et al at www.motogp.com, the official site of MotoGP.
Here's a shout-out to the best restaurant in the world - McCrady's in Charleston.
Visit Space.com if you, too, like to occasionally wander outside with a telescope and curse the light pollution which is the bane of modern life.
One of the joys of living in the DC area is the number of smaller / quirky museums just waiting for a visit - try the Folger Shakespeare Library or The Walters or The Poe Museum or Geppi's. Geppi's Comics has a special place in my heart since they used to sponsor Doctor Who on MPT many years ago. If you venture a couple of hours north, you can visit the incredible Barnes Foundation. And the Brandywine Valley is nearby, too - The Book Barn and Brandywine River Museum are waiting.
Oh, to be in England! Poetry and Self-Pity
Boston Comment
This essay is by Theodore Dalrymple, from the winter 1998 City Journal. Dalrymple is the pen name of Dr Anthony Daniels; his most famous work is Life at the Bottom. You may also enjoy What's Wrong with Twinkling Buttocks?, his summer 2003 article. In case you're wondering, the title is taken from Lawrence's oh-so-horrible Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Joan Houlihan has a series of articles at WebDelSol which explore the state of contemporary poetry. Yes, she has lots of fun at the expense of bad poets. But she loves poetry and makes cogent points about its sad decline.
Can Poetry Matter?
This is Dana Gioia's influential and controversial 1991 article for The Atlantic Monthly. I'm not quite sure why it's considered controversial myself, but that's the general consensus.
Do you have a Keats-related website? Send me the link!