yuletide | 2022 Yuletide Promo Post

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign-ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

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Title: The Eve of St. Agnes
Media: Poem
Approx length: 2900 words

Where to find it: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44470/the-eve-of-st-agnes

What is it, in summary?: Madeline loves Porphyro, although her family hates him. On St. Agnes' Eve, Madeline lies down to dream of whom she will marry. Or perhaps a bit more than that:
" Young virgins might have visions of delight,
And soft adorings from their loves receive
Upon the honey'd middle of the night"
Porphyro sneaks in to see her and settles down beside her for a nap. Then he gets up and plays her lute, as one does. she wakes from her dream, sees him, and they flee the castle together.

What do you love about it?: Sweeping, over the top, and richly described.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: What happened before? What happens next? Heck, what is actually happening in the story? Is Keats hinting that they actually had sex?

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
None.

FWIW, in the draft submitted to his publisher, they explicitly had sex (and greatly enjoyed it), but the publisher made Keats cut that out. I too want to put it back in.

WHOA. Does that cut portion survive?

Honestly, I don’t know—tracking it down, or at least tracking down how we know this, has been a tbd for a couple years.

Here we go: Keats's own manuscript draft. The poem is richly detailed with full of intimate descriptions although Keats’ publishers forced him to tone down some of the sexual description for fear of provoking an adverse reaction from readers.

The Uncut Version! Wow. Thanks so much!

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