To the best of my very limited knowledge there were no 'prizes, grants and fellowships' given to any poets at all between 1821-55 ( excluding the laureateship - more of a poisoned chalice of malmsey), so I wonder what on earth AF is basing his estimate on.
J
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> On 16 Dec 2017, at 13:18, David Lace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From “More Notes On The Solid World”. Another interesting blog post by Adam Fieled.
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> “John Keats left the planet Earth in 1821. His work gradually began to gain some prominence in the 1850s, 30-35 years after his death. Let’s not forget how the Regular World works, folks—I would estimate that each year, between 1821 and 1855, there were thirty major prizes, grants, and fellowships given to poets in the UK, from Oxford, Cambridge, and elsewhere. Over 35 years, that’s roughly one thousand awards. John Keats, during his brief lifetime, never won any prizes, awards, or fellowships. John Keats was a Solid World poet all the way, and.......”
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> http://fieledsmiscellaneous.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/more-notes-on-solid-world.html
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