The Cambridge companion to John Clare / edited by Sarah Houghton-Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Houghton-Walker, Sarah, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clare, John, 1793-1864--Criticism and interpretation.

Clare, John.

Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.

Pastoral poetry, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

The fascinations of John Clare's life are manifold. A labouring-class poet and naturalist, he was lionised in the early 1820s but spent his final decades incarcerated in asylums. In this Companion leading scholars illuminate Clare's rich life and writing, situating each within a range of critical contexts. Essays rooted in discourses as diverse as ecocriticism, aesthetics, religion, health, and time are accompanied by explorations of the construction of the idea (including the self-identity) of Clare through writing and images. The collection also traces influences upon Clare, and considers the ways in which he has influenced subsequent poets in turn. The volume includes a chronology and an invaluable guide to further reading, and provides students with a firm grounding in Clare's writings and his critical reception: this is an indispensable guide to the poet and his work.

Contents:

Introduction / Sarah Houghton-Walker

On Clare and lyric song / Stephanie Kuduk Weiner

Clare's forms / Andrew Hodgson

On Clare's translation of perception to poetry / Cassandra Falke

Clare and the sublime / Ross Wilson

Clare and animals / James Castell

John Clare's plants / Fiona Stafford

John Clare and the community of naturalists / Robert Heyes

Clare and ecocriticism / Markus Poetzsch

Self-identity in a world of influence / Tim Chilcott

"Leading strings" : editing and revision in Clare's poetry / Mark Storey

Constructed image : portraits of Clare / Scott McEathron

Clare and religion / Emma Mason

John Clare and the British labouring-class tradition / Bridget Keegan

The politics of nature / Tim Fulford

Clare's health / Erin Lafford

Clare among the poets / Mina Gorji.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781009262583 (electronic book)

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1009262556

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1009262599

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1009262580