LEADER 04112nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910781193403321 005 20230913233000.0 010 $a0-19-160987-0 010 $a0-19-157184-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000005226 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24081737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000362109 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12117275 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362109 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10371214 035 $a(PQKB)10416945 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472214 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000005226 100 $a20090617d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJoseph Severn /$ea life : the rewards of friendship /$fSue Brown 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 417 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-19-956502-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction; 1. A Hazardous Childhood; 2. The Royal Academy Student; 3. Painter and Poet; 4. The Warm South; 5. Piazza di Spagna; 6. 'Thanks Joe'; 7. 'The Most Striking Year of My Life'; 8. The RA Pensioner; 9. 'Searching for Fame and Fortune'; 10. Love, Marriage, and Persecution; 11. 'Everybody's Man and a Very Obliging Creature': Severn in his Roman Prime; 12. Going Home; 13. The Passion for Fresco; 14. The Friend of Keats; 15. An Interlude in Pimlico; 16. British Consul; 17. The New Rome; 18. Keeper of the Flame; 19. A Fitting Place 330 8 $aThis is a biography of Joseph Severn, Keats's best-known but most controversial friend, who is buried next to him in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Severn accompanied the dying poet to Italy & was virtually the only witness of his last days. Sue Brown reassesses Severn's character & the nature of his friendship with Keats.$bThis biography of Joseph Severn (1793-1879), the best known but most controversial of Keats's friends, is based on a mass of newly discovered information, much of it still in private hands. Severn accompanied the dying Keats to Italy, nursed him in Rome and reported on his last weeks there in a famous series of moving letters. After Keats's death in relative obscurity, Severn pressed hard for an early biography and a more fitting memorial in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome.In the nineteenth century Severn's friendship with Keats was seen as a model of devoted masculine companionship and he was reburied by popular acclaim next to Keats in 1882. In the twentieth century, by contrast, he was denigrated as an unreliable, self-promoting witness. Sue Brown's book fills a major gap in studies of Keats and his circle. It reassesses Severn's character, friendship with Keats, and influence on the posthumous development of the poet's fame and provides new information onKeats's death.The significance of Severn's artistic career has previously been downplayed. This book offers the first full assessment of his work and of his turbulent spell as British Consul in Rome from 1860 to 1871. Keats was not Severn's only famous friend. For most of his adult life Severn was at the heart of the large, lively British community in Rome welcoming amongst others Gladstone, who became his most important patron, Ruskin, Walter Scott, Wordsworth, Turner, Samuel Palmer, David Wilkie, and manymore. He maintained long friendships with Leigh Hunt, Mary Shelley, Charles Eastlake, Richard Monckton Milnes, amongst others, and enjoyed a rich family life. 606 $aPainters$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aPainters$zGreat Britain$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aPainters 615 0$aPainters 676 $a759.2 700 $aBrown$b Sue$f1945-$01475375 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bUk 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781193403321 996 $aJoseph Severn$93689566 997 $aUNINA