Paganism/Christianity in Keats

Paganism and Christianity in Keats' The Eve of St. Agnes, Ode to a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale Many of Keats' poems reflect his spirituality, his sense of the connection between the environment and the link between pagan and Christian images that exist in daily life. The Eve of St. Agnes, for example, is a poem that defines many of these links and demonstrates the premises of Keats' focus on romanticism, spirituality and …

…sensuality of paganism over the restrictions of Christianity. Works Cited Farnell, Gary. "'Unfit for Ladies': Keat's The Eve of St. Agnes." Studies in Romanticism, 34, 1995: 401-12. Keats, John. The Eve of St. Agnes, Ode to a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Ed. 6, Vol. 2. M. H. Abrams, editor. New York: Norton, 1993. Stillinger, Jack. "The Hoodwinking of Madeline: Skepticism in The Eve of St. Agnes. New York: Modern Language Association, 1954.