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- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Clare the Poet
- Part II Clare the Naturalist
- Part III Clare’s Image
- Part IV Influences and Traditions
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To Literature
Introduction
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- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Clare the Poet
- Part II Clare the Naturalist
- Part III Clare’s Image
- Part IV Influences and Traditions
- Further Reading
- Index
- Cambridge Companions To Literature
Summary
This introduction offers a brief account of Clare’s biography, drawing attention to some of the major events in his life, and some of the aspects of his life and his work which have most interested critics. It goes on to offer an extended close reading of one of Clare’s poems, in order to demonstrate the ways in which Clare is able to write within convention, but also to develop a unique poetic voice. By examining his engagement with the aesthetic discourse of the picturesque as exemplary, it argues for his particular capacity both to reflect and to enable reflection upon Romantic-period issues and debates, and also for the originality of Clare’s posture and verse.
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- The Cambridge Companion to John Clare , pp. 1 - 14Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024