*John Keats* is a substantial French-language study of the Romantic poet, combining biographical narrative with literary analysis. Christian La Cassagnère examines Keats’s development as a poet, the historical and artistic world that shaped him, and the central place his poems and letters occupy in English literature. Rather than treating the poetry as separate from the life, the study presents Keats’s artistic achievement through the circumstances, friendships, readings, and ambitions that informed it. The book is suited to readers seeking a serious introduction to Keats’s life and work, as well as those interested in Romantic poetry and the interpretation of his lasting influence.