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John Keats As an Escapist & Thinker A  tremendous number of critics belonging to past and present era regard him as an escapist. But for us it would be but pertinent to have considerate analysis of his writings in context with his particular period. Keats was born and grown up amidst exciting turmoil of French revolution. It would not be wrong if we say that after Renaissance, it was the second major influence on the general public of the whole Europe. The literary figures too could not make them alien to this revolution and the literature of that period brought a radical change. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, Shelly etc._ all got new dimensions in writing but we find Keats an Escapist who was not stirred by the contemporary trends. In Keats' early poetry, inclination towards escapism is prominent. This earlier phase of his poetry is marked with immature youthful imagination. But Keats was undergoing a gradual development of his genius. Firstly, he pursued Beauty everywhe

  KEATS: A ROMANTIC POET .   In English literature, Romantic Movement started towards the end of 18th century and continued till 30's of the 19th century. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, and Shelly are principal influential figures by this movement. But when we take Keats as a romantic poet, others lay behind him in the field of Romanticism. Other poets had some social or national aims to propound in their writings but Romantic poetry requires complete expression of the individual. So, Keats' poetry is the most romantic of all the poets as it is without any moral or message of social or political significance. To give Keats the title of a Romantic poet, there are several points to elaborate our discussion.       ESCAPISM is a distinguished feature of romantic poetry. Every romantic poet cherishes to abode in the world of romance and beauty, a world where there are no troubles of earthly life. Unlike Classical poetry, romantic poetry exhibits excess of imagination to far of