Prof. Nicholas Roe, University of St.Andrews, gave a lecture on "John Keats's last journey from Naples to Rome" on Thursday 9 October, 2008 at Waseda University. He came to Japan this time for a special lecture at the 34th conference of the Japan Association of English Romanticism to be held at Shikoku University on 11 and 12 October, and kindly arranged his time to give this lecture for students at Waseda.
Prof Roe, who has been writing his new biography of John Keats, in which he focuses on Keats's last journey via Appian Way, the details of which have quite often been ignored or mis-represented by biographers. During the lecture, using the photos of his own taking, Prof. Roe explained about the places Keats visited and some antiquities Keats might have seen during his journey and led the audience to a virtual tour with Keats.
Prof. Roe and Prof. Nishiyama with the students had some drinks at a restaurant
a view of Mt. Fuji from the window of the restaurant
