The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb

by Stanley Plumly

Book Overview

On December 28, 1817, the painter Benjamin Robert Haydon hosted what he referred to in his diaries and autobiography as the "immortal dinner." He wanted to introduce his young friend John Keats to the great William Wordsworth and to celebrate with his friends his most important historical painting thus far, "Christ's Entry into Jerusalem," in which Keats, Wordsworth, and Charles Lamb (also a guest at the party) appeared. After thoughtful and entertaining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393080994
• ISBN13: 9780393080995
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.6"