ORDER YOUR COPY OF JOHN KEATS AND PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: ESSENTIAL POEMS NOW 

Edited and Introduced by Duncan Wu, with a Preface by Julian Sands 

On 2 December 2016 a new anthology will be published by the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association bearing the title John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley: Essential Poems.  

This 190-page handsome paperback has been edited by Duncan Wu, Raymond Wagner Professor of Literary Studies at Georgetown University and a long-standing Trustee of the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association. The edition includes some of the most beautiful poems ever written in the English language, along with illuminating new introductions to both poets provided by the editor. It also features a preface by celebrated English actor Julian Sands, who played P. B. Shelley in Ken Russell's classic film Gothic. 

All proceeds of this special book will go to the Keats-Shelley House in Rome, which receives no official funding from either Britain or Italy. The book will be available exclusively from our gift shop in Rome, or from our online gift shop http://www.keats-shelley-house.org/en/shop/books 

Advance orders of the book may be taken from 22 November 2016

The retail price is €10.00, and more details are available by contacting us at [email protected]/ +39 06 678 42 35. 

Photograph of Julian Sands (left) and Duncan Wu (right), November 2016