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The Curated Object (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
John Keats (1795-1821), autograph letter signed to Fanny Brawne, Kentish Town, 5 July 1820 tour: Love Letters For those in the City of Brotherly Love.... a romance, quite modern..... Love Letters, from Poet John Keats to Fanny Brawne October 9-December...
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Eyewear (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Ben Wishaw and Abbie Cornish give stellar performances in ‘Bright Star’ as John Keats and his muse, Fanny Brawne . The film is directed by Jane Campion , who also directed Oscar-winning film, ‘The Piano,’ and it is adapted from Andrew Motion’s biography of the poet. Slender with a sensitive face and shabby clothes, Keats is a great contrast to his brash friend...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
... 1820; he had just turned 25 and was gravely ill with tuberculosis. He left his fiancée, Fanny Brawne, in London and was in Rome because his doctors had suggested that another cold winter in London would kill him. He came to Rome hoping that the city would save his life, but he had left behind in London the woman who made his life worth living. The love affair between Keats...