生命中不能承受之重——评约翰·济慈的人生苦旅

Unbearable Burden in John Keats' Hard Life——A Path to Untimely Death

约翰·济慈的命途多舛以及英年早逝一直让喜爱他诗歌的读者唏嘘叹惋。研读济慈的诗作以及他写给亲朋和爱人芬妮的书信,获得诸多启示:济慈的死亡应该是多方面原因综合作用的结果,家庭的重负、疾病的摧残、恋情的折磨以及对诗歌艺术殚精竭虑的追求等,构成他羸弱生命中不能承受之重,这些重负最终摧毁他的生命,终结了他短暂的人生苦旅。

The untimely death of John Keats has always been a great grief for readers who are devot- ed to his poetry. The letters John Keats wrote to his friends and to his lover Fanny Brawne and his works map out the hard life journey of John Keats and give a clear indication that his death was caused by a complex of reasons, namely, the burden of his poor family, the collapse of his illness, the gloomy prospect of his love and marriage, and his persistent and devoted pursuit of poetry writing, etc.