Hi
It's great to see 3 of you joining me on the blogoshphere! I also looked up the Keats version issue. In my OU literature text books It seems to think that "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" was written on 21 April 1819 in a letter to his brother George. Keats himself then modified it slightly for inclusion in The Indicator in May 1820. In 1848 it appeared in a volume of collected works but this was aversion copied out and changed by Charles Brown. So it would appear that "wretched wight" is the original version and "knight at arms" the copied and changed version.
The more you read both versions they are quite different - I think I prefer the Indicator version but ther you are!
Hope to see you all on Sunday
Paula
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