Abstract
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes “The burthen of the mystery” (line 38) in “Tintern Abbey.” Ou's Introduction includes a comprehensive overview of almost 200 years of scholarship on negative capability. In the Keatsian creative paradigm, the connection between empathy, healing, and poetry is not unlike what we see in the Biblical Christ who feels the pain of others, effects magical cures, and tells stories to enlighten as well as soothe. In fact, Christ could be seen as the penultimate shaman-poet. As Keats's poetry matures, he becomes increasingly Christ-like, suffering from not only his own illness but also from the exquisite sensibility he cultivated to become a successful poet. (See discussion of Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion in this essay.)
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