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Jack Stillinger's edition of the "La Belle Dame." It likely is the most widely circulated of all versions.

Stillinger La Belle.pdf

Charles Brown's manuscript of "La Belle Dame" is widely regarded as best representing Keats's original intentions.

Brown La Belle.pdf

Norton Anthology of Poetry version of "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." Notice the footnote, which claims that the editors are re-printing an "earlier" and "widely preferred" version of the poem.

Norton La Belle.pdf

"La Belle Dame Sans Mercy," in Leigh Hunt's The Indicator (10 May 1820). This is the only edition printed and publically distributed during Keats's lifetime.

La Belle Dame Sans Mercy.pdf

"Woodhouse #1," published after "Woodhouse #2." This particular item shows some important differences in the employment of quotation marks from the previous edition.

W1 Image 1.jpg

"Woodhouse #2," which, despite its number, came before "Woodhouse #1." Richard Woodhouse assembled this edition of Keats's poem by synthesizing several previous editions of the work, including those of Charles Brown and Leigh Hunt.

W2 Image 1.jpg

First draft of "La Belle Dame" contained in a letter to George and Georgiana Keats, composed spring of 1819.

Keats La Belle Dame Letter.jpg

Portrait of John Keats

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