A Thing Of Beauty TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "You are addressing Keats, John Keats."<br><br>"I tell you, Mister Keats, there ain't no beauty when you're up against it. I tell you--"<br><br>"Won't you accept this rose?"<br><br>"I'll take it," growled Slavinsky with unnecessary fierceness. "It ain't Nature's fault. She don't go in for profiteering." The agitator's conversational style was more colloquial though no less vehement than his platform manner.<br><br>"Did you note the omission?" Keats inquired when we were again on the avenue.<br><br>"It isn't impoliteness," I replied. "Men of his class are too stirred by cosmic problems to say 'Thank you.'"<br><br>"It is a beautiful thing to say, nevertheless, and the world needs it." I thought the eyes of John Keats--a fitting name for such a fantastic personality--were filling with tears. COMMENTS: Visual Text A one-note story about a man who claims to go by the name of "John Keats," handing out roses because "a thing of beauty is a joy forever." Not much here. Perhaps a song? CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: AThingOfBeauty.pdf
