One of literary history’s most famous love poems, “Bright Star” was written by English Romantic poet John Keats (1795–1821) and dedicated to his love, Fanny Brawne.

Her interest in Keats's poetry reflects her interest in Keats—understandably. She's an 18-year-old in love, not a student in an English seminar.

John Keats's Passionate, Lusty Letters Are the Key to His Poems Wikimedia Commons No publication on Keats could be more acceptable just now than a complete edition of his letters.

As she read through the poet's letters, Campion says, she "fell in love with the guy." From the letters, she moved on to Keats' poetry and was hooked.

Although Keats died at the age of 25, he left a lasting impression, not just with his poetry, but also his personality.

Keats nursed her diligently but couldn’t save her. He was back at school when the news of her death reached him; on hearing it he crawled under a desk and refused to come out.

Jane Campion's account of John Keats&#8217; </CQ> brief and tragic love affair with a neighbor girl of unusual mettle, "Bright Star" contains brilliant moments but bogs down too often to compel truly ...

LONDON, April 9 (UPI) -- The romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne, producing one of the best known lyric poems of the English Romantic period, will come to the big screen. "Bright Star ...

Keats enabled his friend, as he enables his readers, to feel it. In our April 30 issue, James Longenbach reviewed Geoffrey Brock’s anthology of twentieth-century Italian poetry.