John Clare and the Place of Poetry

by Mina Gorji

Traditional accounts of Romantic and nineteenth-century poetry, have depicted John Clare as a peripheral figure, an 'original genius' whose talents set him apart from the mainstream of contemporary literary culture. But in recent years there has been a major shift of direction in Clare studies. Jonathan Bate, Zachary Leader and others have helped to show that Clare, far from being an isolated genius, was deeply involved in the rich cultural life both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846311632
• ISBN13: 9781846311635
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"