In Popular Literature
- A John Keats poem
- A Maxwell Anderson 1942 play
- A 1944 motion picture based on the play with several actors of the 1942 production reprising their roles in the film One of the conditions of Anderson selling the film rights to the play was that it not appear before January 1944, after the play had completed its run.20th Century Fox reshot the ending when test audiences did not like the original ending of the play.
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