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The Attics of My Life: Joy Within the Melancholic Lyrics of John Keats and The Grateful Dead
Susan Peterson
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2016.11.003
Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
This essay is a culmination of intensive research exploring the commonality between Dr. John Keats’ poetry and the lyrics of The Grateful Dead. As this is the 50th anniversary of The Grateful Dead, it is appropriate to celebrate that with a scholarly paper. In teaching my course The Grateful Dead as Poets I discovered compelling intersections between English Romantic poetry and the lyrics of The Grateful Dead. These findings are useful and important because the work of the Dead spans five decades and endures in ways that assure their place in literary history as well as the music world. The importance of The Grateful Dead cannot be overstated. They bring hope, love, joy and philanthropy to the world, as did the English Romantic poets. There is much yet to explore; this essay is about only a few of the many Grateful Dead lyrics.
John Keats, The Grateful Dead, melancholy, optimism, succor
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Garcia, J., & Hunter, R. (November 1970b). Ripple. American beauty. On The annotated grateful dead lyrics. San Francisco: Warner Bros.
Garcia, J., & Hunter, R. (November 1970c). Truckin’. American beauty. On The annotated grateful dead lyrics. San Francisco: Warner Bros.
Garcia, J., & Hunter, R. (November 1978). Shakedown street. Shakedown street. On The annotated grateful dead lyrics. New York: Arista Records.
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Lesh, P., & Hunter, R. (November 1970). Box of rain. American Beauty. On The annotated grateful dead lyrics. San Francisco: Warner Bros.
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