"John Clare (1793–1864) is one of the most sensitive poetic observers of the natural world. Born into a rural labouring family, he felt connected to two communities: his native village and the Romantic and earlier poets who inspired him. The first part of this study of Clare and community shows...

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1. Verfasser:	Goodridge, John 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
Ausgabe:	First paperback edition
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in romanticism 96
Schlagworte:	Clare, John > 1793-1864 > Criticism and interpretation Clare, John > 1793-1864 Pastoral poetry, English > History and criticism Communities in literature Country life in literature Romantik Lyrik Englisch Ländlicher Raum Volkskultur Northamptonshire (England) > In literature England
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Zusammenfassung:	"John Clare (1793–1864) is one of the most sensitive poetic observers of the natural world. Born into a rural labouring family, he felt connected to two communities: his native village and the Romantic and earlier poets who inspired him. The first part of this study of Clare and community shows how Clare absorbed and responded to his reading of a selection of poets including Chatterton, Bloomfield, Gray and Keats, revealing just how serious the process of self-education was to his development. The second part shows how he combined this reading with the oral folk-culture he was steeped in, to create an unrivalled poetic record of a rural culture during the period of enclosure, and the painful transition to the modern world. In his lifelong engagement with rural and literary life, Clare understood the limitations as well as the strengths in communities, the pleasures as well as the horrors of isolation."
Beschreibung:	xiv, 252 Seiten
ISBN:	9781107566538