John Keats and the Materialist’s Metaphysical Struggle with Suffering

David Hogsette

John Keats and the Materialist’s Metaphysical Struggle with Suffering

School of Education and English

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Abstract

This paper discusses the Romantic poet John Keats and his struggle with the personally devastating effects of tuberculosis. Not satisfied with the Christian response to the existence of pain and suffering in a world supposedly created by an all-powerful and benevolent God, Keats developed his own theology of "soul-making" in which Keats postulated suffering in the material world is necessary for the development of human soul.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	International Conference on Romanticism - Colorado Springs, United States Duration: 15 Oct 2005 → …

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Conference	International Conference on Romanticism
Country/Territory	United States
City	Colorado Springs
Period	15/10/05 → …

Keywords

John Keats
Romanticism
theology
suffering
Humanism

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Literature and Literary Theory

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