John Keats, "Negative Capability"

Описание: Stills with audio from the movie "Bright Star" (2009), in which John Keats touches on a key part of his poetic philosophy, a concept he referred to as "negative capability."

In a letter (1817) to his brothers George and Tom, John Keats described "negative capability" as, "when man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason." "With a great poet," Keats continues, "the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration."

To read the rest of the letter (as well as other excerpts from Keats' correspondance), visit: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn....

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