John Clare

by John Charles Lucas

Book Overview

The four volumes of John Clare's poetry that were published during his tragic life were so brutally edited, and sometimes even wilfully censored for political reasons that his work invited mainly curiosity and condescension from the literary world. Now that readers have a chance to re-evaluate Clare's poetry, the "peasant poet", "illiterate", "quaint" and "rustic" is emerging as a radical thinker and writer. John Lucas's unique volume reveals a knowing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746307292
• ISBN13: 9780746307298
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.1"