Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Mr. Gradman's first book finds its value not so much in the author's individual treatments of Endymion, 'The Eve of St. Agnes,' 'Ode to a Nightingale,' 'Lamia,' or the 'Hyperion' poems as in its attempt
to point out the function of the metamorphosis pattern in the works as a whole. Although the change from discontent to a higher state of awareness has frequently been cited as a major characteristic of the poems, Gradman's approach pulls the critiques together in order to show that the pattern in fact forms the structural basis of Keat's poetical thought." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)