A dream, a sonnet, and a ballad: the path to Keats's "La Belle Dame sans Merci".
This paper explores the relationship between Keats's ballad, "La Belle Dame sans Merci," and some of its precursors, including one of the poet's dreams and a sonnet titled "On a Dream." The process of creativity is examined.
D003405:Creativity; D004325:Dreams; D005201:Fantasy; D006801:Humans; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation