Screen LibraryJohn Clare : Nature, Criticism and History /
This book investigates what it is that makes John Clare s poetic vision so unique, and asks how we use Clare for contemporary ends. It explores much of the criticism that has appeared in response to his life and work, and asks hard questions about the modes and motivations of critics and editors. Cl...
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Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-59183-1 |
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This book investigates what it is that makes John Clare s poetic vision so unique, and asks how we use Clare for contemporary ends. It explores much of the criticism that has appeared in response to his life and work, and asks hard questions about the modes and motivations of critics and editors. Clare is increasingly regarded as having been an environmentalist long before the word appeared; this book investigates whether this green rush to place him as a radical proto-ecologist does any disservice to his complex positions in relation to social class, work, agriculture, poverty and women. Th |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781349591831 |
| Index Number: | PN760 |
| CLC: | I106 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. John Clare and place -- Chapter 2. Clare and ecocentrism -- Chapter 3. Clare making text; making text of Clare -- Chapter 4. Looking, painting, listing, noting: Clare, women and nature -- Chapter 5. Conclusion: Clare as our contemporary; Clare as history -- Bibliography -- Index. |