Excerpt from Keats and Spenser: A Dissertation Presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Hedelberg for the Acuisition of the Degree of Doctor of PhilosophyAgain, Mr. W. T. Arnold declares,,, The strongest literary influence exercised by any one writer upon the mind of Keats was that exercised by Spenser. Leigh Hunt's influence is strongly marked only in his earliest, that of Milton only in his latest work; but not only is Spenser everywhere both in the volume of juvenile poems and in Endymlon, but one of Keats' latest and most beautiful poems, St. Agnes' Eve, is perhaps the finest example of the use of the Spenserian stanza, out of Spenser, in the whole range of English verse. Spenser was his first love in poetry and even Milton and Shaks pere did not cause him to be forgotten in Keats' ma turer years. 2)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.