John Clare: Nature, Criticism and History

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Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2017 edition
ISBN 10	1349591858
Book Format	Paperback
Book Description	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. This book attempts to unlock Clare's own theorisations and practices of what we might now call an 'ecological consciousness', and works out how his 'ecocentric' mode might relate to that of other Romantic poets. Finally, this book asks how we might treat Clare as our contemporary while still being attentive to the peculiarities of his unique historical circumstances.
Publication Date	16 March 2020

ISBN 13	9781349591855
Author	Simon Kövesi
Language	English
About the Author	Simon Kövesi is Professor of English Literature, and Head of the Department of English and Modern Languages, at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Number of Pages	280 pages

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John Clare: Nature, Criticism and History

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