...unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity — he is continually in[forming] - and filling some other Body - The Sun, the Moon, the Sea and Men and Women who are creatures of impulse are poetical and have about them an unchangable attribute -the poet has none;...

...Character . . . has no self - it is every thing and nothing - It has no character ... A Poet . . . has no Identity - he is continually in for - and filling some other Body. . . '73 The idea behind this 'annihilation' of character is that the poet's mentality infuses, and...

...and shade; it lives in gusto, be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or elevated. ... A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because he has no identity — he is continually informing and filling some other body." Keats himself, it is well known, could even fill a billiard...

...character. (46) As to the poetical character itself ... it is not itself — it has no character. ... A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because he has no identity. (160) The lack of character of men of genius is what reconciles Keats to the abjection he identifies...

...distinguish that receptivity from imaginative projection: "The camelion Poer" he insists and re-insists, "has no Identity — he is continually in for — and filling some other Body." The poer is "everything and nothing" and "has as much delight in conceiving an lago as an Imogen."17 The...

...unified, with the great appearances in Nature.'43 Keats himself speaks of 'the camelion Poet', who 'has no Identity — he is continually in for — and filling some other Body'.44 4l See McFarland, Romanticism, 255-88. « Coleridge, Letters, ii. 864. « Letters, i. 387....

...berühmten Brief an Richard Woodhouse vom 27. Okt. 1818: „A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity - he is continually...The Sun, the Moon, the Sea and Men and Women who are creatures of Impulse are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute - the poet has none;...

...for the bright one; because they both end in speculation. A poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity — he is...The Sun, the Moon, the Sea and Men and Women who are creatures of impulse are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute — the poet has none;...

...is every thing and nothing - It has no character [. . .] A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity - he is continually in for - and filling some other Body [. . . ] When I am in a room with People if I ever am free from speculating on creations of my own...

...virtuous philosop[h]er, delights the camelion Poet. ... A Poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence; because he has no Identity - he is continually in for - and filling some other Body ..."(John Keats, Letter to Richard Woodhouse, Oct. 27, 1818; John Keats, Leiters, ed. by HE Rollins...