A gordian shape of dazzling hue : Serpent Symbolism in Keats's Poetry

A gordian shape of dazzling hue : Serpent Symbolism in Keats's Poetry

Greta Colombani

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FörlagV&R Unipress
ISBN9783847007753

Serpent symbolism plays an important role in Keats's rich animal imagery both on a quantitative level and on a qualitative one. Through images of dazzling, twisted, suffocating snakes Keats gives form to some of his most important ideas as well as anxieties about poetic creation. In particular, snak