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Abstract
This study compares between two great poets of different cultures and different periods. It attempts to investigate the affinities and differences between the English Romantic poet, John Keats (1795-1821) and the African-American poet, Countee Cullen (1903-1946). The study sheds light upon the relationship between the Romantic Movement and the Harlem Renaissance period through a detailed analysis of Keats’s and Cullen’s works. By so doing, the researcher aims at discovering underlining patterns through diverse cultures. The study consists of an introduction, four chapters, and a conclusion.
Chapter I handles the theme of love which both of Keats and Cullen regarded as impermanent, ephemeral, and threatening. They both believed that the loss of love is worse than death. For Keats, as for Cullen, love is the only soporific solution to the painful realities of mortal life. Moreover, Cullen regarded it as a compensation for the racial slur from which he suffered a lot.
Chapter II discusses the concept of death which is delineated by Keats and Cullen from different angles. While Keats regarded death as the assassin who slays the artist before he can fulfill himself, Cullen treated death as the liberator who sets him free from the sense of shame due to his black color and mysterious birth.
Chapter III deals with the conflict between mythology and mysticism which is evident in both of Keats’s and Cullen’s verses. It also reflects how myth and religion are closely intermingled, in the two poets’ poetry, to show the tormented psyche of Keats and Cullen who were caught between hope and despair.
Chapter IV attempts to show to what extent each poet employed the theory of protest in order to shed light upon the problems of his society. It finally proves that while Keats protested against the limitations of mortality, Cullen revolted against the racial injustice and inequality in America. But, at the same time, they both wrote poetry of protest in order to defeat mortality of which they were painfully conscious, while worrying about their particular value as great poets.
The conclusion summarizes the findings of the study and stresses the fact that the Harlem Renaissance poet, Countee Cullen had been influenced by the nineteenth-century Romantic poet, John Keats.