Interpretation of Keats's Endymion
Author: first_name: Henry Clement
last_name: Notcutt
Language: English
Year: 1919

Endymion is the largest work by John Keats and was composed between April and November 1817.  When it was published in April 1818 the critical reception was almost universally hostile.  Since that time, many readers have found the poem dense and inaccessible, and have preferred to focus on the occasional gems of poetic commentary for which it has become famous. <br><br>

Feeling that the poem was both undervalued and misunderstood, in 1919 Professor Clement Notcutt published a lengthy essay, w