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Philia and neikos in Keats's "Song of four faeries"/philia en neikos in Keats se "Song of four faeries".(John Keats)(Critical essay)

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From: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparativelinguistics and literary studies
Date: 20070401
Author:Swanepoel, A.C.

Abstract

Philia and neikos in Keats's "Song of four faeries"

Despite the fact that Keats's "Song of four faeries" received very little critical attention, the poem raises interesting issues regarding the creative and destructive forces in nature. The poem presents a conversation between the four elemental faeries about union and separation. Using Empedocles' four-element theory of creation and change in nature as framework, this article explores through close reading how the form and content of the poem mirror creative and destructive natural processes. It concludes that ...

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