Tuesday, May 31, 2011

News at Eleven: Unveiled by Keats House poet in residence

Benjamin Zepahaniah on May 27, it is now on display in the Brawne Room, where Fanny would have almost certainly read it in 1820. Poignantly, the letter sits next her engagement ring, given to her by Keats in 1820, and which she wore for the rest of her life.

Wesley Kerr, Chairman of the London Region Heritage Lottery Fund, which helped to purchase the letter said its acquisition would enable countless generations to "see close up the powerful words penned by Keats at the evocative, superbly restored villa where he wrote them."

from Culture 24: Keats House acquires poignant love letter Keats wrote to girl-next-door Fanny Brawne

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