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伊莎贝拉（插图珍藏版）
(uk) Written By John Keats Illustrated By William Brown Macdougall
The British poet John Keats is an outstanding representative of the Romantic school of poetry and is known as the "poet among poets". He died young (he did not live to be 26 years old), but in his short seven-year poetry career, he created many imaginative, majestic, and direct-to-people works, making him one of the "greatest poets" in the world. Keats lived during a time when Italian romance was undergoing a revival in England. "Isabella" is based on Boccaccio's story, but Keats made no substantial changes in the plot when adapting it into poetry. He understood that the genre of medieval romance could be traced back to Chaucer in English literature, so he would occasionally insert some brief digressions and prayers in Chaucer's unique style. However, these extracorporeal dialogues do not occupy a long space and do not create an abrupt feeling of forced insertion. Instead, they retain the original narrative process. Isabella lives with her two merchant brothers in Florence, and she and her young associate Lorenzo fall in love with each other. When her two brothers discovered this, they took Lorenzo to a forest, murdered and buried him. One night, Lorenzo's spirit appeared in front of Isabella and told her what happened and where he was buried. Isabella found his body, dug it up, severed the head, took it home and put it in one of her basil pots. Watered by Isabella's tears, a basil plant grew from Lorenzo's head and grew more and more lush. But her two brothers took the basil pot from her hands, and Isabella died of grief after losing her love. This version of "Isabella" has been slightly revised based on the translation by translator Zhu Weiwei, trying to reproduce the moving beauty of language and phonology of the original poem. It also has illustrations by British illustrator William Brown MacDougall, which correspond to the situations expressed in poetry and have high appreciation and collection value.
The British poet John Keats is an outstanding representative of the Romantic school of poetry and is known as the "poet among poets". He died young (he did not live to be 26 years old), but in his short seven-year poetry career, he created many imaginative, majestic, and direct-to-people works, making him one of the "greatest poets" in the world. Keats lived during a time when Italian romance was undergoing a revival in England. "Isabella" is based on Boccaccio's story, but Keats made no substantial changes in the plot when adapting it into poetry. He understood that the genre of medieval romance could be traced back to Chaucer in English literature, so he would occasionally insert some brief digressions and prayers in Chaucer's unique style. However, these extracorporeal dialogues do not occupy a long space and do not create an abrupt feeling of forced insertion. Instead, they retain the original narrative process. Isabella lives with her two merchant brothers in Florence, and she and her young associate Lorenzo fall in love with each other. When her two brothers discovered this, they took Lorenzo to a forest, murdered and buried him. One night, Lorenzo's spirit appeared in front of Isabella and told her what happened and where he was buried. Isabella found his body, dug it up, severed the head, took it home and put it in one of her basil pots. Watered by Isabella's tears, a basil plant grew from Lorenzo's head and grew more and more lush. But her two brothers took the basil pot from her hands, and Isabella died of grief after losing her love. This version of "Isabella" has been slightly revised based on the translation by translator Zhu Weiwei, trying to reproduce the moving beauty of language and phonology of the original poem. It also has illustrations by British illustrator William Brown MacDougall, which correspond to the situations expressed in poetry and have high appreciation and collection value.